Source: https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/notices/2019/040319.html
Timestamp: 2020-01-22 18:16:59
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 42', '§8054', '§273', '§ 52', '§ 341', '§ 6072', '§6810', '§6072']

April 3, 2019, 2018 Rulemaking Notice - State of Maine, USA
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PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2019-P047
PUBLIC HEARING: April 18, 2019, Thursday, starting at 10:30 a.m., Room 101, Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, Deering Building, Hospital Street, Augusta, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: April 18, 2019
MLC WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/milkcommission/index.shtml .
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 301, Food Supplement Program, Rule #207P: Section 555-5, Homeless Shelter Deduction
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2019-P048
BRIEF SUMMARY: This rule changes the value of the homeless shelter deduction from $143 to $147.55. This value is used in the budgeting of Food Supplement benefits for homeless households which incur or reasonably expect to incur shelter costs during a month, unless higher shelter costs can be verified.
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 3, 2019
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING: Jessica Drenning, Senior Planner, Department of Health & Human Services - Office for Family Independence, 19 Union Street – 11 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0011. Telephone: (207) 624. Fax: (207) 287- .TT Users Call Maine Relay- 711. Email: Jessica.Drenning@Maine.gov .
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 22 MRS §§ 42(1), 3104; 5 MRS §8054, 7 CFR §273.9(d)(6)(i) and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 602, Rules Relating to Maine State Ferry Service Tolls
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2019-P049
BRIEF SUMMARY: To establish tolls for the Maine State Ferry Service lines (the "MSFS").
PUBLIC HEARING: April 24, 2019 - 10:00 a.m., Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Avenue (Route #3), Belfast, Maine 04915
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Jim Billings, DOT, 16 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04330. Telephone: (207) 624-3029. Email: James.Billings@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: minimal
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 23 MRS §§ 52, 4404
DOT RULEMAKING WEBSITE: https://www.maine.gov/mdot/rulemaking/ .
DOT WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/mdot/ .
DOT RULEMAKING LIAISON: Toni.Kemmerle@Maine.gov .
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 890, Designation of PFOS as a Priority Chemical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2019-P050
BRIEF SUMMARY: The Department is proposing to adopt a new rule that will designate perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (“PFOS”) as a priority chemical and require reporting for certain product categories that contain this regulated chemical. The proposed rule applies to manufacturers of specified product categories that contain intentionally added amounts of PFOS, which is often used to make clothing water repellant, among many other uses.
PUBLIC HEARING: April 23, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the DEP Response Training Room at 4 Blossom Lane, Augusta, Maine 04330
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 6, 2019 - 5:00 p.m.
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Kerri Malinowski, 17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 215-1894. Fax: (207) 287-7826. Email: Kerri.Malinowski@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: No fiscal impact on municipalities or counties is anticipated from this proposal.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 38 MRS §§ 341-H, 1694
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 2, Aquaculture Leasing Regulations
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2019-057
CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule clarifies the aquaculture leasing regulations, including the elimination of redundant language from 12 MRS §§ 6072, 6072-A, and the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. It eliminates duplicative references to the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Model Ordinance, and includes the addition or modification of provisions based on the NSSP including maintenance of a lease operation plan, preventing the accumulation of animal waste on structures, proper disposal of human waste, and the activities that an authorized representative of an aquaculture license holder, in accordance with 12 MRS §6810-B, may engage in. It makes several changes to the leasing procedures for standard and limited-purpose aquaculture leases, including the adjustment of the timing for the scoping session, the information required to be submitted regarding an applicant’s financial capability, and a prohibition on the siting of leases within the 300:1 dilution zone around a wastewater treatment plant. It enacts lease expansion application procedures in accordance with 12 MRS §6072(12-C). The rule restricts the number of pending limited-purpose lease applications any one applicant could have in process to two applications. It clarifies that an emergency lease could be utilized when the safety of the consumer is threatened, as well as that of the shellfish or animal. The rule also clarifies and establishes additional minimum lease maintenance standards.
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Amanda Ellis, Department of Marine Resources. 21 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333. Telephone: (207) 624-6573. Fax: (207) 624-6024. TTY: (207) 633-9500 (Deaf/Hard of Hearing). Email: dmr.rulemaking@maine.gov .
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2019-058
CONCISE SUMMARY: The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has amended Ch. 14 rules as they apply to the commercial whitewater rafting industry in an effort to provide more flexibility to outfitters during their allocation review; allow online certification for First Aid and CPR and reduce the minimum length of a whitewater craft to at least 13 feet. The Department has also removed the order of launch from rule for a quicker response time when changes are requested. The order of launch will be made available to the public online or by request to the whitewater boating officer.
06-096 - Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), jointly with
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: 06-096 and 94-376 CMR ch. 595, State Revolving Fund
ADOPTED RULE NUMBERS: 2019-059, 060
CONCISE SUMMARY: Ch. 595 contains eligibility requirements for the funding of planning, design, and/or construction of municipal wastewater treatment works and other water pollution control facilities or practices under the State Revolving Fund (SRF). The existing rule has been amended to allow eligible applicants of Maine’s SRF program to use construction delivery methods that have become common practice in the construction industry and are utilized by other state SRF’s nationally. The amendments also update the rule in accordance with current procedures at the Maine Municipal Bond Bank, and bring the rule into consistency with current Federal requirements.
John True, Maine DEP, 17 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0017. Telephone: (207) 287-7808. Email: John.N.True@Maine.gov .
Greg Connors, Maine Municipal Bond Bank, P.O. Box 2268, Augusta ME 04338-2268. Telephone: (207) 622-9386. Email: gdc@mmbb.com .
BOND BANK WEBSITE: https://www.mmbb.com/ .
BOND BANK RULEMAKING LIAISON: mrg@mmbb.com (Michael R. Goodwin)