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[1] In August 2023, citizens of Maine organized a ballot question committee, Maine Citizens to End SuperPACs, to gather enough signatures as required by the Maine Constitution to get the initiative on the ballots. [2] In October 2023, Citizens to End SuperPACs was registered as a political action committee to support the passage of the ...
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 ...
Maine placed restrictions on AFFF use that took effect January 1, 2022, banning its use in training and its sale and distribution. Prior to that date, it was widely used in municipal, airport and ...
August 1, 2024 at 5:43 AM In the early morning hours of Aug. 1, House Democrats decided to move on a bill to reduce toxic chemicals known as PFAS in firefighters' protective equipment.
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
In 2021, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut proposed the No PFAS in Cosmetics Act in the United States Senate. [137] It was also introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Michigan Representative Debbie Dingell, [138] but the Republican Party, supported by the U.S. chemical industry ...
Oct. 6—Maine Farmland Trust has purchased a highly contaminated organic vegetable farm in Unity with plans to turn the 45-acre property into an outdoor lab for researchers studying the impact of ...
A new EU drinking water directive issued in 2020 adopted PFAS limit values. The limit values are 0.1 μg/L for the sum of 20 PFASs including PFHxS, and 0.5 μg/L for the sum of all PFASs. This directive is binding for all EU member nations. It is a minimum directive, and member states can elect to adopt stricter regulations. [19]