Mills signs bill to shut off fire suppression systems with forever chemicals at Brunswick Landing

TIMES RECORD • May 28, 2025

Gov. Janet Mills has signed LD 07, An Act to Prohibit the Use of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam at the Former Brunswick Naval Air Station. It stipulates that starting Jan. 1, 2026, the use and storage of AFFF — a fire suppression foam containing a toxic PFAS chemical known as PFOS — will be prohibited at the former air station. LD 407 among several “forever chemicals” bills that lawmakers are considering this session following a catastrophic firefighting spill at the Brunswick Executive Airport’s hangar 4 in August 2024.