PFAS

The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority said it's looking into alternative fire protection systems after a toxic foam spill at the Brunswick Executive Airport, but it cannot turn the existing systems off.

State regulators say all samples of drinking water from more 30 residential properties that have received results back fall below Maine's interim drinking water standards for PFAS.

Town leaders and residents both called for the MRRA Board to be reconfigured. Some said Director Kristine Logan should step down.

For the first time, the PFAS Fund is considering inquiries to purchase four contaminated properties around the state.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has identified about 45 residential properties that staffers will visit this week to speak with homeowners about tests of their drinking water.

Weeks after hazardous PFAS firefighting foam spilled into the environment at Brunswick Landing, the Brunswick City Council issued a formal resolution demanding MRRA take to address the accident.

Maine authorities say the chemicals haven't seeped into Brunswick's public water supply and that it's safe to drink.

The new advisories are based on historic data collected before Monday's spill, the Maine CDC said. The public should not consume or should limit consumption of freshwater fish from Mere Brook, the Merriconeag Stream, Picnic Pond, and what's known as the site 8 stream.

1,600 gallons of the PFAS-containing foam was accidentally released in a hangar of what's now the Brunswick Executive Airport, seeping into the Brunswick sewer system and out to the environment.

The foam was discharged in a hanger at what's now the Brunswick Executive Airport before entering the sewer and storm water systems.