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Farmers and consumers in Maine are indeed fortunate that the state has mobilized a concerted PFAS response, investing more than $200 million to date—much of it spent working to ensure that local ...
15 departments reported receiving surplus military foam (high in PFAS), but several departments reported that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection had already gathered back some of ...
House Ways and Means polled the bill at 3:20 a.m., a few days after the bill was approved in the Senate. By 4:50 a.m., the bill had secured full House approval. By 4:50 a.m., the bill had secured ...
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) is a public municipal corporation created in 2007 by the Maine State Legislature to manage the conversion of the former Naval Air Station Brunswick to civilian use. [2] MRRA is overseen by an 11-member board of trustees appointed by the Governor of Maine and confirmed
The type of PFAS remediation technology selected is often a reflection of the PFAS contamination levels and the PFAS signature (i.e. the combination of short- and long-chain PFAS substances present) in conjunction with the site-specific water chemistry and cross contaminants present in the liquid stream.
The U.S. Department of Defense's research programs have been trying to define nature and extent of PFAS contamination at U.S. military sites, especially in groundwater. [7] A 2018 report to Congress indicated that "at least 126 drinking water systems on or near military bases" were contaminated with PFAS compounds. [8] [9]
The PFAS bill was created after the Legislature approved a $125 million "trust fund" to address PFAS during the budgeting process.
One of Moore's amendments would have created a PFAS Research and Development Public Safety Fund, to be funded through the state budget, to support the development, testing and purchasing of PFAS ...