An Act to Require the Department of Environmental Protection to
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1786
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
Sponsors: ARFORD, BRENNER
Amends: 22 MRSA §2660-Z

Legislative Document
No. 1786
H.P. 1197
House of Representatives, April 24, 2025
An Act to Require the Department of Environmental Protection to 
Provide Certain Information Regarding Perfluoroalkyl and 
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to the Public and Private Drinking 
Water Well Owners
Reference to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ARFORD of Brunswick.
Cosponsored by Senator BRENNER of Cumberland and
Representatives: ANKELES of Brunswick, BELL of Yarmouth, BRIDGEO of Augusta, DILL 
of Old Town, GOLEK of Harpswell, HEPLER of Woolwich, MONTELL of Gardiner, 
SHAGOURY of Hallowell.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §2660-Z is enacted to read:
§2660-Z.  Required information disclosures regarding PFAS in private drinking well 
water
1. PFAS; definition. As used in this section, "PFAS" has the same meaning as in 
section 2660-AA, subsection 3.
2. Required public information regarding PFAS level. The Department of 
Environmental Protection shall post on its publicly accessible website and in any other 
manner considered necessary to inform the public of the current federal Environmental 
Protection Agency standards or the state maximum contaminant level for PFAS in drinking 
water, measured in parts per trillion, whichever is more stringent.
3. Required information to owner of private drinking water well. The Department 
of Environmental Protection shall provide to the owner of a private drinking water well the 
following information by mail and by e-mail, if possible, when the Department of 
Environmental Protection has knowledge or suspects that a private drinking water well may 
be contaminated by PFAS or when the owner of a private drinking water well requests by 
telephone, in writing or by e-mail the information and shall also provide the following 
information to an owner of a private drinking water well at the time the Department of 
Environmental Protection tests and reports PFAS levels of the private drinking water well:
A. Current federal Environmental Protection Agency standards or the state maximum 
contaminant level for PFAS in drinking water, measured in parts per trillion, whichever 
is more stringent;
B. Test results of PFAS levels of a private drinking water well in an easy-to-read, easy-
to-understand format, including a comparison to current federal Environmental 
Protection Agency standards or the state maximum contaminant level for PFAS in 
drinking water, measured in parts per trillion, whichever is more stringent;
C.  A list of resources available to private drinking water well owners affected by PFAS 
that includes available remediation strategies of PFAS, information about entities that 
test for PFAS in private drinking water wells and financial assistance available from 
the State, federal and local government and other sources; and
D. A list of resources available for the mitigation of PFAS in drinking water from a 
private drinking water well, including financial assistance available from the State, 
federal and local government and other sources.
4. Rules. The Department of Environmental Protection may adopt rules to implement 
this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined 
in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection to post on its publicly 
accessible website and in any other manner considered necessary to inform the public of 
the current federal Environmental Protection Agency standards or the state maximum 
contaminant level for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in drinking 
water, measured in parts per trillion, whichever is more stringent.  The bill also requires 
the department to provide to the owner of a private drinking water well certain information 
regarding PFAS by mail and by e-mail, if possible, when the department has knowledge or 
suspects that a private drinking water well may be contaminated by PFAS or when the 
owner of a private drinking water well requests by telephone, in writing or by e-mail the 
information and requires the department to also provide certain information to an owner of 
a private drinking water well at the time the department tests and reports PFAS levels of 
the private drinking water well.