An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Storage of Sand and Salt and To Provide Funding for State and Municipal Storage Facilities
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1414
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: HATCH
Amends: 38 MRSA §45

Legislative Document 
No. 1414 
H.P.1036 
House of Representatives, March 20, 2003 
An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Storage of Sand and Salt 
and To Provide Funding for State and Municipal Storage Facilities 
Submitted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representati ve USHER of Westbrook. 
Cosponsored by Senator HATCH of Somerset. 
Printet.l on recycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 38 MRSA §45I-A, sub-§8 is enacted to read: 
8. 
Department of Transportation storage areas. 
A sand and 
salt storage area owned by the Department of Transportation and 
registered prior to October 1, 1999 is not in violation of a 
groundwater 
classification or 
reclassification adopted 
on 
or 
after January 1, 1980 with respect to discharges of groundwater 
from that area if: 
A. 
The Department of Transportation biennially submits to 
the Legislature a budget reguest sufficient to comply with 
this subsection and section 413; 
B. 
Prior 
to 
the 
use 
of 
funds 
appropriat:ed 
by 
the 
Legislature to carry out the purposes of this subsection, 
the Department of Transportation presents to the department 
for comment and response a plan for the use of those funds 
by 
outlining 
a 
sand 
and 
salt 
storage 
area 
specific 
expenditure 
plan 
to 
prevent 
pollution, 
avoid 
future 
abatement or 
clean-up costs 
and 
comply 
with applicable 
federal guidelines; and 
C. 
The Department of Transportation reports 
~a:uarterly to 
the department on the status of available funds 
and the 
department determines 
that pursuant 
to this 
report 
the 
Department of Transportation is making timely use of the 
funds 
consistent 
with 
the 
plan 
and 
comments 
provided 
pursuant to paragraph B. 
Sec. 
2. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
TKAlISPOR'rATICB, DEPAR"DIERT OF 
Bureau of Maintenance and 
ThE! 
following 
Operations 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funds 
storage 
of 
sand 
and 
salt 
Transportation. 
Biqhvay Fund 
Capital Expenditures 
Highway Fund Total 
Bureau of Finance and 
Administration 
to construct 
owned 
by 
facilities 
for 
the 
Department 
the 
of 
2003-04 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2004-05 
$800,000 
$800,000 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funds 
for 
municipal 
reimbursement 
for 
storage facilities for sand and salt owned by the Department of 
Transportation. 
Highway Fund 
2003-04 
2004-05 
All Other 
$600,000 
$600,000 
Highway Fund Total 
$600,000 
$600,000 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPAR'TMENT roTALS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
HIGmfAY FUND 
$1,600,000 
$1,400,000 
DEPAR'TMENT roTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
$1,600,000 
$1,400,000 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the Highway Fund budget for fiscal years 
2003-04 
and 
2004-05 
to 
provide 
$3,000,000 
in 
funding 
for 
construction of Department of Transportation and municipal sand 
and salt storage facilities. 
This bill also revises enforcement 
deadlines 
for 
Department 
of 
Transportation 
compliance 
with 
groundwater classification of sand and salt storage areas to 
reflect funding and requires the Department of Transportation and 
the Department of Environmental Protection to work together to 
ensure the best possible expenditure of available funds.