An Act to Prohibit the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0407
Committee Amendment CA_A_H132 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"/\" to H.P: 261, L.D. 407, "An Act to Prohibit the 
Use of Aqueous Film-forming Foam at the Fonner Brunswick Naval Air Station" 
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. Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting t~1e following: 
'Resolve, to Ensure the Removal of Aqueous Film-forming ]foam from the Former 
Brunswick Naval Air Station' 
- Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the ~oHowing: ' : 
;Sec. 1. Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority; a~tivities. r.~ga~,ding 
removal of aqueous film-forming foam. Resolved: That the Midco~st Re.gio~rnl 
Redevelopment Authority, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 
13083-G and refeffed to in this resolve as 
11the authority," shall take all necessary steps to 
ensure that: 
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1. No later than December 31, 2025, all fire suppression systems and any other systems 
containing aqueous film-fonning foam that are located on any property leased or owned by 
the authority are shut off or otherwise made incapable of dispensing or releasing aqueous 
film-fanning foam; 
2. No later than December 31, 2025, all aqueous film-fom1irig foam or aqueous film-
fonning foam concentrate not contained in a fire suppression systeni or other system that 
is located on any property leased or owned by the authority is removed from that property; 
3. No later than July 1, 2026, funding is acquired by the authority sufficient to cover 
the anticipated costs of completely purging all fire suppression systems and any other 
systems containing aque_ous film-forming foam that are located on any property leased or 
owned by the authority so that those systems no longer contain any aqueous film-forming 
foam or any residue containing aqueous film-fo1ming foam as provided in subsection 4; 
and 
4. No later than December 31, 2026, all fire suppression systems and any other systems 
containing ~queous film-forming foam that are located on any property leased or owned by 
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the authority are completely purged so that those systems no longer contain any aqueous 
• film-fonning foam or any residue containing aqueous film-fonning foam. 
As used in this resolve, "aqueous film-forming foam" means a fire suppressant foam 
containing fluorinated surfactants intended for extinguishing flammable liquid fires.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill with 
a resolve. It directs the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority to take all necessary 
steps to ensure that: 
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1. No later than December 31, 2025, all fire suppression systems and any other systems 
containing aqueous film-forming foam that are located on any property leased or owned by 
the authority are shut off or otherwise made incapable of dispensing or releasing aqueous 
film-fonning foam; 
.. No later than.December 31, 2025, all aqueous film-fonning foam or aqueous film-
forming foam concentrate not contained in a fire ·suppression system or other system that 
is located on any property leased or owned by the authority is removed from that property; 
3. No later than July 1, 2026, funding is acquired by the authority sufficient to cover 
the anticipated costs of completely purging all. fire suppression systems and any other 
systems containing aqueous film-forming foam that are located on any property leased or 
owned by the authority so that those systems no longer contain any aqueous film-forming 
foam or any residue containing aqueous film-forming foam; and 
4. No later than December 31, 2026, all fire suppression systems and any other systems 
containing aqueous film-forming foam that are located on any property leased or owned by 
the authority are completely purged so that those systems no longer contain any aqueous 
film-forming foam or any residue containing aqueous film-forming foam. 
The preliminary fiscal impact statement for the bill identifies a potential unfunded state 
mandate in the bill's prohibiting the discharge, test, storage or use of aqueous film-forming 
foam on any property leased or owned by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment 
Authority. The co1mnittee reviewed the prelimina1y fiscal impact statement and determined 
that, although those activities constitute a required expansion or modification of activities 
so as to necessitate additional expenditures, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment 
Authority is not a local unit of government within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine, 
Article IX, Section 21 and, accordingly, the amendment does not represent a state mandate. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) • 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 04/15/25 LRL 
LD407 
LR 102(02) 
An Act to Prohibit the Use of Aqueous Film-forming Foam at'the Former Brunswick Naval Air 
Station 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'P\ I\-+- \Lr 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes • 
Fiscal Note 
Quasi-independent entity costs not a mandate 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
This resolve requires the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) to deactivate and remove aqueous 
film-fonning foam (AFFF) from fire suppression systems on its properties by December 31, 2025; acquire sufficient 
funding by July 1, 2026, to fully purge those systems by December 31, 2026. No appropriations or allocations are 
provided for this purpose. Any enforcement costs to the Department of Enviromnental Protection are expected to be 
minor and absorbable within existing resources. 
In the Preliminary Fiscal hnpact Statement (PFIS) for this bill, it was identified as a Potential State Mandate -
Unfunded. The conmrittee reviewed the PFIS and detennined that the mandate funding requirements did not apply to 
MRRA because of its quasi-independent status, and this bill was not a mandate. As the committee included this 
exception in the sunm1ary of the committee amendment, the Potential State Mandate - Unfunded language was 
removed from the fiscal note for the co1mnittee amendment 
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