Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Establish Standards for the Cleanup of Mold
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1971
Committee Amendment CA_A_H887 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A' to H.P. 1381, L.D. 1971, "Resolve, Directing the 
Department of Environmental Protection To Establish Standards for the Cleanup of 
Mold" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing a Review of Clean-up and Minimization Standards for 
Mold' 
Further amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the 
summary and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Review by Department of Environmental Protection and 
Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention. 
Resolved: 
That the Department of Environmental 
Protection and the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention, jointly referred to in this resolve as "the departments," shall 
convene a working group to review issues regarding mold in buildings in the State. 
Membership in the working group must include representatives of the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services, the Department of 
Education and the Department of Labor as well as the departments. The departments 
shall invite representatives of the following interested parties to participate as members of 
the working group: the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council, an environmental laboratory, 
the building and construction industry and other interested parties as determined by the 
departments; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Issues to be reviewed. Resolved: That the departments shall include in 
the review under section 1 the following: 
1. A review of the current science of mold testing and removal; 
2. Consideration of developing clean-up standards for mold; and 
3. Consideration of developing building standards to minimize the risk of moisture 
problems in newly constructed buildings; and be it further 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A to H.P. 1381, L.D. 1971 
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 1, 2007, the departments 
shall report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
natural resources matters and health matters on the review under section 1. ill the report, 
the departments shall summarize the discussions of the working group and present any 
recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to address the issue of mold; and 
be it further 
Sec. 4. Authority to report out legislation. Resolved: That the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters may 
report out legislation to the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature pertaining to 
the cleanup and minimization of mold.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment replaces 
the resolve. The amendment directs the Department of Environmental Protection and the 
Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention to convene a working group to review issues regarding mold in buildings in 
the State and, by January 1, 2007, to make recommendations to the Joint Standing 
Committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters and 
health matters. It also authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over natural resources matters to report out legislation. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03124/06 frac:. 
LD 1971 
LR3057(02) 
Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Establish Standards for the 
Cleanup of Mold 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "»,, 
Committee: Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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