An Act To Ensure Adequate Funding for Cleanup of Hazardous Waste, Biomedical Waste and Waste Oil
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1975
Committee: Natural Resources
Sponsors: KOFFMAN, COWGER
Amends: 38 MRSA §1319-I, 38 MRSA §1319

Legislative Document 
No. 1975 
H.P.1383 
House of Representatives, January 25,2006 
An Act To Ensure Adequate Funding for Cleanup of Hazardous 
Waste, Biomedical Waste and Waste Oil 
Reference to the Committee on Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative KOFFMAN of Bar Harbor. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Cosponsored by Senator: COWGER of Kennebec. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1319-I, sub-§1, 1IA, as repealed and replaced 
by PL 1987, c. 491, §25, is amended to read: 
A. 
For hazardous waste wa.iea. that is disposed of on the 
site of generation in a licensed hazardous waste disposal 
facility, 
6Tg~ It a pound; and 
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1319-I, sub-§2. 1IA, as amended by PL 1997, c. 
258, §1, is further amended to read: 
A. 
For hazardous waste that is transported off the site to 
a licensed hazardous waste disposal facility for disposal, 
6Tg~ It a pound; and 
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1319-I, sub-§2, 1IB, as amended by PL 1997, c. 
258, §1, is further amended to read: 
B. 
For hazardous waste that is transported off the site to 
a licensed hazardous waste treatment facility for treatment, 
storage facility for storage or other licensed facility for 
handling, 
including 
beneficial 
reuse, 
reclamation 
or 
recycling, ±TS¢ It a pound. 
Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §1319-I, sub-§3, as amended by PL 
1987, c. 
787, §19, is further amended to read: 
3. 
Fee for transportation into Maine from out of state. If 
hazardous waste or waste oil is transported into Maine from out 
of state, the person who first transports the hazardous waste or 
waste oil into Maine shall pay a 
~lle. fee 
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afR9~R1; indicated by the schedules outlined in subsection 2 for 
hazardous waste or subsection 4-A for waste oil, 
as if that 
person were the waste oil dealer. 
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Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §1319-I, sub-§4-A, as affected by PL 1989, c. 
890, Pt. A, §40 and amended by Pt. B, §259, is further amended to 
read: 
4-A. 
Fee on waste 
gallon on each gallon 
stored 
must 
be 
paid 
oil sale 
of waste 
by 
the 
or disposal. 
A fee of ±¢ ~ a 
oil transported, collected or 
waste 
oil 
dealer 
that 
first 
transports, collects or stores that waste oil. 
Waste oil dealers 
shall maintain records sufficient to determine whether the dealer 
is 
liable 
for 
any 
and 
all 
fees 
imposed 
pursuant 
to 
this 
subsection and shall submit such records to the commissioner as 
required by rule of the board. 
Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §1319-0, sub-§3, 1[D, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 
124, §3, is amended to read: 
D. 
The board may assess licensing and 
re~stratiQn fees 
sufficient to pay for the department's administrative costs 
in regulating biomedical waste. 
Sec. 7. Report. 
The Department of Environmental Protection 
shall 
prepare 
a 
report 
on 
funding 
for 
cleanup 
of 
sites 
contaminated by hazardous waste, biomedical waste and waste oil. 
The report must include an assessment of the adequacy of the 
Maine Hazardous Waste Fund and must be submitted to the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
natural resources matters no later than February 1, 2007. 
The 
committee may report out legislation dealing with the fees for 
the 
transport 
and disposal 
of hazardous 
waste 
to the First 
Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This bill increases revenue in 
Fund by adjusting the fees [or the 
hazardous waste. 
The bill eliminates 
fee charged for transport of waste 
the Maine Hazardous Waste 
transport and disposal of 
the disparity between the 
within Maine 
and the fee 
assessed 
for 
waste 
transported 
into 
Maine 
from 
another 
jurisdiction. 
The bill authorizes the Board of Environmental 
Protection to assess a fee for registration of biomedical waste 
generators. 
The bill requires the Department of Environmental 
Protection to prepare a 
report on the adequacy of the Maine 
Hazardous 
Waste 
Fund 
and 
on 
funding 
for 
cleanup 
of 
sites 
contaminated by hazardous waste, biomedical waste and waste oil.