An Act To Establish a Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1575
Committee Amendment CA_A_H642 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" II" to H.P. 1113, L.D. 1575, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish a Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund" 
Amend the bill in section I in §61 0-0 in subsection 2 by striking out all of paragl:aph 
A (page 1, line lOin L.D.) 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §610-D in subsection 2 in paragraph B in the first line 
(page 1, line 11 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "other" 
Amend the bill in section I in §610-D in subsection 2 by relettering the lettered 
paragraphs to read consecutively. 
Amend the bill in §610-D by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 1, lines 20 to 26 in 
L.D.) and inserting the following: 
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'3. Disbursements fr'om the fund. The department shall apply the money in the 
fund toward the award of financial incentives to residents of· the State to replace 
residential wood stoves manufactured prior to 1988 and used as a primalY source of heat 
in an owner's primary residence with residential heating appliances with lower emissions 
of pollution, such as wood stoves, pellet stoves or vented gas stoves, that have been 
celiified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency .. Costs· incurred by the 
department to administer the residential wood stove replacement program uncleI' 
subsection 4 may be paid by the fund.' 
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Amend the bill in §610-D in subsection 4 in the first line (page 1, line 27 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "establish" the following: 'through rulemaking' 
Amend the bill in §610-D by inseliing after subsection 4 the following: 
'5. Rulemaking. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as 
defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1113, L.D. 1575 
ENVm.ONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Air Quality 0250 
Initiative: Provides an allocation to establish the Residential Wood Stove Replacement 
Fund. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
2010-11 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
This amendment removes appropriations from the State as a funding source for the 
Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund. 
It specifies that financial incentives to 
replace wood stoves are intended only for residents of the State. It clarifies that only 
wood stoves manufactured prior to 1988 and used as a primary source of heat in a 
primalY residence are eligible for financial incentives. It requires the Department of 
Environmental Protection to establish the wood stove replacement program through 
rulemaking. It increases the allocation offunds in fiscal year 2010-11 to $2,500,000. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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124tb MAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD 1575 
LR 2261(02) 
An Act To Establish a Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium revenue decrease - Genera" Fund 
2009-10 
2010-11 
Projections 
2011-12 
Projections 
2012-13 
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>ppropriatiolls/Allocations 
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Other Special Revenue Funds 
$0 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill establishes the Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund and includes an annual allocation of $2,500,000 
to the Department of Environmental Protection beginning in fiscal year 20 I 0-11. Money from the Fund will be used 
to provide financial incentives to replace certain wood stoves with models with lower emissions of pollution. 
Revenue is anticipated from civil pelialties for violations of air quality laws or rules administered by the Department 
of Environmental Protection. Currently, violators in civil enforcement actions resolved by the department pay 
penalties into the General Fund or may agree to apply up to 80% of their penalty toward a supplemental environmental 
project (SEP) pursuant to 38 MRS A, section 349, subsection 2-A. This bill allows the new fund to receive revenue in 
a similar manner but without the 80% restriction. No estimate is made of the amount violators will agree to assign to 
this new purpose. A similar funding mechanism was established for the Outdoor Wood Boiler Fund in 2008. To date 
there have been no deposits to that fund. 
As there is nothing to prevent a violator whose penalty would have gone to the General Fund absent this bill from 
agreeing to contribute to the Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund, the possibility exists for reduced revenue tq, . 
the General Fund from penalties. 
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