Source: http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/38/title38sec349-O.html
Timestamp: 2020-05-25 14:59:43
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Title 38, §349-O: Conditions of discovery
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§349-N
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§349-O. Conditions of discovery
The incentives established in section 349-N apply to a violation of an environmental requirement only if: [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
A. An environmental audit program; or [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
B. A compliance management system that demonstrates the regulated entity's due diligence in preventing, detecting and correcting violations. The regulated entity shall notify the department when it has a compliance management system in place and shall make available to the department upon request a copy of the system components. The regulated entity shall provide accurate and complete documentation to the department describing how its compliance management system meets the criteria specified in section 349-M, subsection 1 and how the regulated entity discovered the violation through its compliance management system. The department may require the regulated entity to make publicly available a description of its compliance management system; [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
A. Emissions violations detected through a continuous emissions monitor or an alternative monitor established in a permit where any such monitoring is required; [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
B. Violations of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System discharge limits established under the federal Clean Water Act, 33 United States Code, Section 1342 (2010) detected through required sampling or monitoring; [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
C. Violations discovered through a compliance audit required to be performed by the terms of a consent order or settlement agreement, unless the audit is a component of agreement terms to implement a comprehensive environmental management system; and [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
D. Violations discovered by a department inspection; [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
A. The commencement of an inspection or investigation related to the violation. If the department determines that the regulated entity did not know that it was under investigation and the department determines that the entity is otherwise acting in good faith, the department may determine that the requirements of this paragraph are met; [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
B. The regulated entity's receipt of notice that it is the subject of a lawsuit; [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
C. The filing of a complaint by a 3rd party; [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
D. The reporting of the violation to the department or other state agency by an employee other than the person authorized to speak on behalf of the regulated entity under subsection 3; or [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]
E. The imminent disclosure of the violation by a regulatory agency. [PL 2011, c. 304, Pt. A, §1 (NEW).]