Resolve, To Authorize the State To Purchase a Landfill in the Town of East Millinocket
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1567
Committee Amendment CA_A_S282 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 500, L.D. 1567, "Resolve, To 
Authorize the State To Purchase a Landfill in the Town of East Millinocket" 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "shall" and inserting the following: 'may' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 1 in the last paragraph in the first line 
(page 1, line 13 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "The" and inserting the following: 
'If the office enters into an agreement for the acquisition of the disposal facility, the' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 19 to 
in L.D.) 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 4 in the first line (page 1, line 28 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "The" and inserting the following: 'If the type of 
waste permitted to be disposed of at the disposal facility changes, the' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph D in the last line (page 2, 
line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and be it further" 
Amend the resolve in section 1 by inserting after subsection 4 the following: 
'5. Nothing in this resolve permits the abrogation of, abrogates or intends to abrogate 
the sovereign immunity of the State with respect to any agreement authorized under this 
resolve; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 to renumber the subsections to read consecutively. 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 10 in L.D.) by inserting 
after the following: "on" the following: 'actions taken related to' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, amends the resolve 
in the following ways. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 500, L.D. 1567 
1. It authorizes the Executive Department, State Planning Office to acquire, own and 
cause to be operated an existing solid waste disposal facility in the Town of East 
Millinocket. The resolve directs the State Planning Office to take those actions. 
2. It strikes a provision in the resolve that requires the acquisition agreement to 
provide that the current owner of the disposal facility and the owner's successors and 
assigns in the ownership of the pulp and paper mills have the right to dispose of sludge, 
ash and other wastes generated at the facilities. 
3. It modifies the provision in the resolve requiring the municipal officers of the 
towns to establish a joint citizen advisory committee by clarifying that a joint citizen 
advisory committee must be established if the type of waste permitted to be disposed of at 
the disposal facility changes. 
4. It adds a provision that expressly preserves the sovereign immunity of the State 
with respect to any agreement authorized under the resolve. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See Attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/05111 frac 
LD 1567 
LR 2164(02) 
Resolve, To Authorize the State To Purchase a Landfill in the Town of East Millinocket 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" S .. 2. ~2.. 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
This bill as amended gives the State Planning Office (SPO) the option to acquire, own and and cause to be operated an 
existing licensed solid waste disposal facility in the Town of East Millinocket known as the Dolby Landfill. If the 
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) were "required by the SPO to operate the Dolby Landfill starting in 
fiscal year 2011-12 its costs could range from as low as $250,000 per fiscal year if required only to perform 
maintenance, inspections, water quality and leachate management to as much as $46.5 million over several fiscal years 
if the DEP were required to operate the landfill over the entire Valley Fill area, perform groundwater contamination 
remediation and ultimately close the landfill. 
If the SPO exercises the option to acquire, own and cause the Dolby Landfill to be operated it may need to expend 
$62,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 to conclude a landfill acquisition agreement and perform related deed and recording 
requirements, $16,000 per year to cover ongoing costs associated with annual landfill license and report fees starting 
in fiscal year 2011-12 and $100,000 per year for community benefit agreement payments to the municipalities of 
Millinocket and East Millinocket starting in fiscal year 2013-14. It is important to note that if the SPO became the 
owner ofthe Dolby Landfill it would potentially bear joint liability for all of the DEP maintenance, remediation and 
closure costs listed above. 
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