Bannedeffective January 1, 2023
Maine banned intentionally added PFAS in carpets, rugs, and fabric treatments from 2023.
Covers: Carpets & rugs · Fabric & stain treatments
Maine PFAS product requirements
Maine's reporting requirement was repealed — this is the most common mistake we see.
LD 1537 struck the general PFAS reporting duty effective August 9, 2024, so guidance written before that date, and a fair amount written after it, is simply wrong about Maine. Today Maine is a phased sales-ban state: carpets, rugs and fabric treatments since 2023, a broad wave including cookware, cosmetics, juvenile products and ski wax in 2026, and apparel phasing from 2029. Reporting returns only around 2032, and only for products designated a currently unavoidable use.
Bannedeffective January 1, 2026
Maine's 2026 ban wave covers cookware, cosmetics, juvenile products, menstrual products, ski wax, furniture, and more. Maine has NO active general reporting duty.
Covers: Cleaning products · Cookware · Cosmetics · Dental floss · Juvenile products · Menstrual products · Ski & snowboard wax · Upholstered furniture (indoor) · Textile furnishings
IMPORTANT: Maine's general PFAS reporting requirement was REPEALED by LD 1537 (eff. Aug 9, 2024). Maine is a ban-only state today; 'currently unavoidable use' reporting begins around 2032. Apparel phases in 2029+.
Bannedeffective January 1, 2032
From 2032, Maine bans intentionally added PFAS in all products absent a currently-unavoidable-use designation.
Covers: all products with intentionally added PFAS
Unless designated a currently unavoidable use (CUU); CUU products get a reporting duty then.
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