An Act Regarding Asbestos Abatement Work
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1434
Committee Amendment CA_A_S159 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 518, L.D. 1434, Bill, "An Act 
Regarding Asbestos Abatement Work" 
Amend the bill in section I in subsection 5-A by striking out all of Table II (page 4, 
lines 30 to 37, page 5, lines I to 42 and page 6, lines I to 37 in L.D.) and inserting the 
following: 
'TABLE 11 
WASTE MANAGEMENT FEES - ANNUAL LICENSE 
MAXIMUM FEES IN DOLLARS 
TITLE 38 
SECTION 
PROCESSING FEE ANNUAL LICENSE 
FEE 
1278, Asbestos abatement 
A. Asbestos abatement contractor 
I. For the first annual license 
2. For the 2nd annual license 
3. For the 3rd and subsequent 
annual license 
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B. Asbestos abatement worker 
C. Asbestos consultant 
I. For the first annual license 
2. For the 2nd annual license 
3. For the 3rd and subsequent 
annual license 
D. Asbestos analytical laboratory 
E. Training provider 
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G. Notification 
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less than 500 sguare feet or 2,500 
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2. Project size 500 sguare feet or 
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2,500 linear feet, or greater, and 
less than 1 ,000 sguare feet or 
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3. Project size 1,000 sguare feet 
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or 5,000 linear feet, or greater 
1304, Waste management 
A. Septage disposal 
1. Landspreading 
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$250 
2. Storage 
B. Residuals compost facility 
1. Type I 
3. Type II and Type III less than 
3,500 cubic yards 
5. Type II and Type III 3,500 
1,400 
cubic yards or greater 
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I. Sites with program approval 
a. Industrial sludge 
b. Municipal sludge 
c. Bioash 
d. Wood ash 
e. Food waste 
f. Other residuals 
2. Sites without program approval 
a. Industrial sludge 
b. Municipal sludge 
c. Bioash 
d. Wood ash 
e. Food waste 
f. Other 
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1. Existing, nonsecure municipal 
3,500 
1,000 
solid waste landfills accepting 
waste from fewer than 15,000 
people 
2. Existing, nonsecure municipal 
3,500 
3,500 
solid waste landfills accepting 
waste from more than 15,000 
people 
3. New or expanded for secure 
5,000 
8,500 
landfill 
5. Nonsecure wood waste or 
demolition debris landfills, or 
both, if less than or equal to 6 
acres 
B. Incineration facilities 
1. New or expanded for the 
3,500 
5,000 
acceptance of municipal or special 
wastes, or both 
2. Municipally owned and 
3,500 
1,000 
operated solid waste incinerators 
with licensed capacity of 10 tons 
per day or less 
C. Transfer station and storage 
facility 
D. Tire storage facility 
F. Processing facility other than 
municipal solid waste composting 
G. Beneficial use activities other than 
agronomic utilization 
3. Fuel substitution 
4. Beneficial use without risk 
assessment 
5. Beneficial use with risk 
1,400 
assessment 
H. Permit by rule for ongoing 
activities 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 7 the following: 
'Sec. 8. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 518, L.D. 1434 
Initiative: Allocates increased processing and certification fees for asbestos abatement 
expenditures. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2009-10 
$100,000 
$100,000 
2010-11 
$144,000 
$144,000 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment changes 
the annual license fee for asbestos abatement contractors and asbestos abatement 
consultants to $250 for the first annual license, $625 for the 2nd annual license and 
$1,000 for the 3rd and each subsequent annual license. The amendment also adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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LR 538(02) 
An Act Regarding Asbestos Abatement Work 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''/I'' 
Committee: Natural Resources 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2009-10 
$100,000 
$100,000 
2010-11 
$144,000 
$144,000 
Projections 
2011-12 
$172,000 
$172,000 
Projections 
2012-13 
$200,000 
$200,000 
This bill will increase the Department of Environmental Protection's processing and certification fees related to 
asbestos abatement. It is anticipated that the new fee stmcture, effective September 1,2009, will increase Other 
Special Revenue Funds revenue by $100,000 in FY 2009-10 and $144,000 in FY 2010-11. The bill includes increased 
allocations to the department to allow use of the increased fee revenue to cover asbestos abatement expenditures 
which do not include hiring additional staff. 
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