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update:2020-11-12 NO.: DOC201101-01

US Maine state added PFOS and its Salts to the PCs list for Reporting

In July 2020, the US state of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued new Chapter 890 ‘Designation of PFOS and its Salts as Priority Chemicals’ and requires reporting for certain children’s products that contain PFOS or its salts. This new rule became effective on July 28, 2020 and its deadline for reporting is January 24, 2021. If the sale of regulated children’s products does not commence until after the end of January 24, 2021, the obligations to report are within 30 days of the sale of the children’s product. Manufacturers selling certain categories of children's products in Maine containing any of Maine’s priority chemicals, in an amount greater than de minimis, and who have not already reported to the Department, must do so within 30 days of the product’s availability in Maine.

The list of PCs in Maine State:

Chapter
Priority chemical CAS No. Effective date
882
Bisphenol A 80-05-7 January 9, 2011
883
Nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) 25154-52-3; 84852-15-3; 9016-45-9, 26027-38-3, 37205-87-1, 68412-54-4, 127087-87-0 January 9, 2011
884
Cadmium 7440-43-9 June 2, 2014
886
Mercury 7439-97-6 June 2, 2014
887
Arsenic 7440-38-2 June 2, 2014
889
Decabromodiphenyl ether (deca BDE); Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) 1163-19-5; 25637-99-4. June 2, 2014
888
di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate(DEHP), dibutyl phthalate(DBP), benzyl butyl phthalate(BBP), diethyl phthalate(DEP) 117-81-7; 84-74-2; 85-68-7; 84-66-2 June 22, 2015
885
Formaldehyde 50-00-0 July 26, 2015
890
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts 1763-23-1; 2795-39-3; 29457-72-5; 29081-56-9; 70225-14-8 July 28, 2020

For further details, please refer to the below link:
https://www.maine.gov/dep/safechem/childrens-products/priority/index.html

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