Update: Maine And Massachusetts Consider PFAS Legislation

TAKEAWAYS

• Maine proposes a new rule to its PFAS legislation, while the Massachusetts Legislature considers two bills around banning specific PFAS-containing products.
• Since many companies that do business in the United States do so nationwide, these laws stand to add additional tiers of compliance requirements for businesses with PFAS-containing product lines.
• Both states plan to establish registries of PFAS products, which could create additional avenues of liability exposure for companies with a nexus to these chemicals.

Maine Regulators Propose Rules Providing Guidance on Newly Enacted Ban on PFAS-Containing Products

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has proposed a new rule intended to establish, in greater detail, the procedures necessary for compliance with Public Law c. 477, entitled "An Act To Stop Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution." As discussed in a previous post, this law, which went into effect January