Concerns Over Maine PFAS-in-Products Law Prompt Changes (2)

Maine legislators on a key committee agreed on Wednesday to make core changes to a state PFAS law that had raised compliance concerns for companies across the US.

The state’s joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources agreed to an amendment that would delay by two years, until Jan. 1, 2025, a core reporting requirement of the law. The statute requires manufacturers selling consumer, commercial, and industrial products in the state that are intentionally made with PFAS to submit information about those chemicals to Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection.

The reporting requirements went into effect on Jan. 1. But ...