An Act To Ensure Financial Solvency in Maine's Air and Wastewater Licensing Programs Fiscal Detail and Notes
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0293
Committee Amendment CA_B_H244 (House)

of the Clerk of 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'Il>" to H.P. 218, L.D. 293, Bill, "An 
Act To Ensure Financial Solvency in Maine' s Air and Wastewater 
Licensing Programs" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1. 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph A in the 
3rd to 5th lines (page 3, lines 48 to 50 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: 
"and to the monitoring and regulation of air 
emissions from the distribution and use of oil under chapter 4" 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the 
following: 
. Sec. 3. Gasoline station compliance inspection plan and report. 
The 
Department of Environmental Protection shall prepare and 
implement 
a 
plan 
to 
train 
program 
personnel 
to 
conduct 
cross-media compliance inspections of gasoline stations. 
The 
department also shall prepare a report regarding the feasibility 
and 
advisability 
of 
conducting 
a 
pilot 
program 
using 
state-certified inspectors to conduct gasoline station compliance 
inspections. 
If appropriate, the report must describe how the 
pilot 
program 
will 
be 
implemented. 
The 
Commissioner 
of 
Environmental Protection shall submit the report to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Natural Resources no later than February 3, 
2006. 
Page l-LR0582(3) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "8" to H.P. 218, L.D. 293 
Sec. 4. 
General permit coverage for industrial storm water 
discharges; budget consideration. 
The Department of Environmental 
Protection may not assess a fee for general permit coverage for 
industrial 
storm 
water 
discharges. 
Beginning 
fiscal 
year 
2006-07, 
consideration of any appropriation or allocation for 
implementation of a program for industrial storm water discharges 
must 
be 
included 
in 
consideration of 
the 
budget 
for 
the 
Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land and Water 
Quality. ' 
Further amend the bill by relettering 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
This amendment is the minority report. 
It removes from the 
bill the annual fee for general permit coverage for industrial 
storm water 
discharges 
and provides that the Department of 
Environmental Protection may not assess a fee for general permit 
coverage for industrial storm water discharges. 
It also provides 
that 
consideration 
of 
any 
appropriation 
or 
allocation 
for 
implementation of a program for industrial storm water discharges 
must 
be 
included 
in 
consideration of 
the 
budget 
for 
the 
Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land and Water 
Quality. 
The 
amendment 
also deletes 
language 
in the bill 
authorizing disbursements from the Ground Water Oil Clean-up Fund 
to 
pay 
costs 
incurred 
by 
the 
Department 
of 
Environmental 
Protection to 
monitor 
and 
regulate air 
emissions 
from 
the 
distribution and use of oil. 
The amendment also directs the 
Department of Environmental Protection to prepare and implement a 
plan to train program personnel to conduct cross-media compliance 
inspections 
of 
gasoline 
stations 
and 
to 
prepare 
a 
report 
regarding the feasibility and advisability of conducting a pilot 
program using state-certified inspectors 
to 
conduct gasoline 
station compliance inspections. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/21105 ~ae. 
LD293 
LR 0582(03) 
An Act To Ensure Financial Solvency in Maine's Air and Wastewater Licensing Programs 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" 
Committee: Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
CUrrent biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
This additional costs associated with preparing and implementing a plan to train program personnel to conduct cross-
media compliance inspections of gas stations including a report requirement can be absorbed by the Department of 
Environmental Protection utilizing existing budgeted resources. This legislation prohibits the Department of 
Environmental Protection from assessing fees for general permit coverage for industrial storm water discharges. Also, 
section 2 of this bill increases the "administrative cap" on expenditures from the Groundwater Oil Clean Up Fund from 
$2,900,000 to $3,700,000 and continues an annual adjustment factor of 4%. 
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