PFAS

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified today that the agency removed maximum contaminant levels of four PFAS chemicals because there was a procedural error in how the standards were set and they could be restored in the future.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will remove previously announced limits on some PFAS, and delay implementation for standards on others — a move that Maine advocates call unprecedented and dangerous.

Maine was the first state to ban land application of sludge in 2022 after the discovery of widespread PFAS contamination of farms.

For the first time, Maine has bought a farm with PFAS contamination. The state has closed on a property in Palermo and is working on two more sales.

Three bills introduced to Maine's legislative session would chart a path toward removing thousands of gallons of PFAs foam from the state.

Democratic Rep. Dan Shagoury of Hallowell says the bill would assure that Maine's drinking water is safe, regardless of what the Trump Administration might do to EPA regulations.

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So far, tests have revealed 82 farms have varying levels of contamination with the "forever chemicals." But one state official said that is just 1% of farms in Maine.

The results took months to obtain due to complexity involved in testing fish tissue samples, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection said.

In its latest report to the legislature, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection said it does not expect to be able to complete its investigation into PFAS contamination by the end of the year.