Resolve, To Review the Responsibilities of the Board of Environmental Protection
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1149
Committee: Natural Resources
Sponsors: DAIGLE, MARTIN, ANNIS, EBERLE, JOY, KOFFMAN, ROSEN, COWGER

Legislative Document 
No. 1149 
H.P.792 
House of Representatives, March 8, 2005 
Resolve, To Review the Responsibilities of the Board of 
Environmental Protection 
Reference to the Committee on Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative DAIGLE of Arundel. 
Cosponsored by Senator MARTIN of Aroostook and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: ANNIS of Dover-Foxcroft, EBERLE of South Portland, JOY of Crystal, 
KOFFMAN of Bar Harbor, ROSEN of Bucksport, Senator: COWGER of Kennebec. 
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Whereas, the Board of Environmental Protection was created 
by the Legislature to provide informed, independent and timely 
decisions on the interpretation, administration and enforcement 
of the laws relating to environmental protection and to provide 
for 
credible, 
fair 
and 
responsible 
public 
participation 
in 
decisions of the Department of Environmental Protection: and 
Whereas, the Board of Environmental Protection is a citizen 
board whose members are not compensated for their time, and it is 
the intent of the Legislature that the board remain a citizen 
board: and 
Whereas, environmental laws, rules and policies have become 
increasingly complex and the amount of work required of the Board 
of 
Environmental 
Protection 
has 
grown 
with 
this 
increasing 
complexity: now, therefore, be it 
Sec. 1. Board of Environmental Protection review. Resolved: 
That 
the Board of Environmental Protection shall review and assess its 
responsibilities and duties as established by the Legislature in 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 341-D. 
The board 
may include in its review and assessment a review of specific 
programs 
or 
program 
functions 
it 
believes 
would 
be 
more 
appropriately handled 
by 
another 
entity. 
In 
conducting its 
review, the board shall seek comment from former board members, 
the 
Commissioner 
of 
Environmental 
Protection, 
the 
regulated 
community and the public: and be it further 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: 
That the Board of Environmental 
Protection 
shall 
report 
its 
findings 
and 
recommendations, 
incl uding any recommended changes to the board's responsibilities 
and duties or to 
any aspect of the 
implementation of those 
responsibilities and duties, to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Natural Resources by January 15, 2006. 
The board shall include 
in its report any proposed legislation necessary to implement its 
recommendations: and be it further 
Sec. 
3. 
Staff support. 
Resolved: 
That 
the 
Board 
of 
Environmental Protection's executive analyst and administrative 
assistant shall provide staff support for the review within the 
board's current operating budget. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Board of Environmental Protection 
to review its responsibilities as set forth in statute and to 
report back to the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources 
on any recommended changes by January 15, 2006. 
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