PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 5, 2025
Spurred on by last year’s Brunswick Landing chemical spill, a Maine legislative committee unanimously endorsed two proposals Wednesday that would catalog, collect and destroy the state’s unwanted stockpile of toxic firefighting foam. The bills, plus one other that would require all foam to be removed from Brunswick Landing, have met with enthusiastic support from the Brunswick community, including many neighbors who say they don’t want another community to endure an accidental spill like the one that upended theirs. If approved by both chambers, the bills would still require appropriations committee approval because of the combined $5.2 million price tag.