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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 ...
August 1, 2024 at 2:43 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
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 ...
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 ...
The House rejected the amendment on May 7 and sent the bill back to the Senate. [4] On May 23, the Senate reversed course and passed the bill, without the religious exemption, by a vote of 19–16. [5] [6] On May 24, 2019, Maine governor Janet Mills signed the bill into law effective September 2021. Maine thus became the fourth U.S. state to ...
In an April 1 statement from the chairs of the Joint Finance Committee, Sen. Howard Marklein, R- Spring Green and Rep. Mark Born, R- Beaver Dam, said the bill "addresses the PFAS issue." "We are ...
Maine Question 1 is a citizen-initiated referendum that appeared on the November 6, 2018 statewide ballot. It sought to implement a tax on higher incomes in Maine to fund in-home health care services for elderly and disabled Mainers, as well as to create a government board to administer the funds.