What the rule says
Maine bars selling, offering or distributing upholstered furniture and textile articles (a category that includes furnishings and upholstery) containing intentionally added PFAS effective January 1, 2026, with outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions and textile articles that are part of watercraft, aircraft or motor vehicles excluded from the textile ban. The prohibition also reaches covered products that contain no added PFAS but are sold in a fluorinated container, and does not apply to used products. From January 1, 2032 the ban expands to all products with intentionally added PFAS unless the department has found the use currently unavoidable.
- Where it applies
- Maine
- Who it applies to
- Manufacturers, Importers, Retailers and Vendors
Dates
294 days ago
Ban on upholstered furniture and textile articles with intentionally added PFAS
38 M.R.S. 1614(5)(B-1) applies effective January 1, 2026 (as amended by P.L. 2023 c. 630).
In 1897 days
All other products with intentionally added PFAS barred unless currently unavoidable use
38 M.R.S. 1614(5)(D) applies effective January 1, 2032.
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