Maine's PFAS Product Reporting Deadline Is Quickly Approaching: Are You Ready?

Do you manufacture, distribute, sell, or import products to or in Maine? Do any of those products, or their packaging, contain PFAS? If so, you may be prohibited from selling or distributing such products in Maine effective January 1, 2023 unless you comply with Maine's PFAS notification statute.

In July 2021, Maine adopted its Act to Stop Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution (codified at 38 MRS § 1614). The statute requires "manufacturers" of products containing intentionally added PFAS to report information concerning such products to the state beginning January 1, 2023 and prohibits the sale or distribution of any such PFAS-containing products not reported. Maine's ban on the sale or distribution of new carpets, rugs or fabric treatments containing intentionally added PFAS also takes effect on January 1, 2023.¹ The statute further bans the use of intentionally added PFAS in any product effective January 1, 2030. Manufacturers who fail to comply