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Committee votes to give DEP more power to clean up ‘forever chemicals’ Maine s 2 U.S. senators, meanwhile, are asking the Biden administration to allow states to use federal stimulus money to address PFAS contamination. Share Fred Stone, an Arundel dairy farmer whose land and cows are contaminated with the chemicals known as PFAS, in January 2020. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographe A legislative committee voted Wednesday to grant state environmental regulators the authority to order the cleanup of Maine sites contaminated with so-called “forever chemicals,” a problem that is growing in Maine and across the country. Meanwhile, Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins joined a half-dozen colleagues in petitioning the Biden administration to allow some of the $1.9 trillion in newly passed stimulus funds to be spent on PFAS contamination. The letter was, in part, responding to an appeal from Maine Gov. Janet Mills for more federal assistance in dealing with the chemicals.

United statesChellie pingreeJanet yellenSusan collinsRick bennettStacy brennerAngus kingTom vilsackDavid burnsTreasury departmentLegislature environmentNatural resources committeeMaine department of environmental protectionBureau of remediationMaine legislatureJanet mills