Maine · any product containing intentionally added PFAS
For Maine, product category is any product containing intentionally added PFAS; effective date is 2032-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is ME LD 1503 (PL 2021, c. 477) as amended by LD 1537 (PL 2023, c. 630); pfas definition is intentionally added PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- Maine verified
- Product Category
- any product containing intentionally added PFAS
- Effective Date
- 2032-01-01 our reading
- Restriction Type
- sale ban our reading
- Statute / Bill
- ME LD 1503 (PL 2021, c. 477) as amended by LD 1537 (PL 2023, c. 630) our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added PFAS verified
- Exemptions
- currently unavoidable use (CUU) determination; federal law governs; packaging; used products; firefighting foam; FDA-regulated medical devices/drugs; veterinary products; public health/environmental/water quality testing products; DOT/FAA/NASA/DOD/DHS required products; motor vehicles; watercraft; semiconductors; non-consumer laboratory equipment or electronics; equipment used to manufacture exempted products our reading
- Enforcement Agency
- Maine DEP our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
January 1, 2032 | Any products containing intentionally added PFAS sold in Maine unless the use of PFAS in the product is a currently unavoidable use.
— maine.gov, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- maine.govhttps://www.maine.gov/dep/spills/topics/pfas/PFAS-products/index.html