Maine · cooling, heating, ventilation, air conditioning or refrigeration equipment
For Maine, product category is cooling, heating, ventilation, air conditioning or refrigeration equipment; effective date is 2040-01-01; 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 2026-10-06.
- State
- Maine our reading
- Product Category
- cooling, heating, ventilation, air conditioning or refrigeration equipment verified
- Effective Date
- 2040-01-01 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
(1) Cooling, heating, ventilation, air conditioning or refrigeration equipment that contains intentionally added PFAS; or
— legislature.maine.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Effective Date
effective January 1, 2040, a person may not sell, offer for sale or distribute for sale in this State:
— all from legislature.maine.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Source
- legislature.maine.govhttps://www.legislature.maine.gov/statutes/38/title38sec1614.html