An Act To Make Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of Environmental Protection
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1128
Committee Amendment CA_A_S91 (Senate)
Amends: 38 MRSA §420-B, 38 MRSA §464

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 397, L.D. 1128, Bill, "An Act To Make 
Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of 
Environmental Protection" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 5 and 6 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. s. 38 MRSA §420-B, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2007, c. 565, §5, is further 
amended to read: 
4. Report. No later than MarsR 31st of eacR year April 30th in the first regular 
legislative session, the commissioner shall prepare a report on the monitoring program 
and shall provide an executive summary of the report to the joint standing committees of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters and marine resources 
matters, shall publish the full report on the department's publicly accessible website and 
shall provide a copy or copies of the full report to the State Librarian as required under 
Title 1, section SOl-A. This report must contain: 
A. At the start of each 5 year period, the 5 year monitoFffig pllH'l:; 
B. The annual work program for the past year and the current year; 
C. The commissioner's conclusions as to the levels of toxic contamination in the 
State's waters and fisheries; 
D. Any trends of increasing or decreasing levels of contaminants found; and 
E. The results of the dioxin monitoring program required under subsection I-A. 
Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §464, sub-§3, ~C, as affected by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 
and amended by Pt. B, §55, is further amended to read: 
C. The commissioner shall report ammal!y to eaeh the first regular session of the 
each Legislature on the status of licensed discharges.' 
Amend bill in section 9 in §1319-0 in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the first line 
(page 5, line 10 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "boarti commissioner" and 
inserting the following: 'board' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
R.c'S. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 397, L.D. 1128 
Amend bill in section 9 in § 1319-0 in subsection 2 in paragraph B in the fIrst line 
(page 5, line 19 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "beat:d commissioner" and 
inserting the following: 'board' 
SU~y 
This amendment retains the provisions from the bill except for the following: 
1. It allows for the submission of an executive summary of the Commissioner of 
Environmental Protection's report on the surface water ambient toxic monitoring program 
to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural 
resources matters and marine resources matters and requires the full report to be 
published on the Department of Environmental Protection's website and a copy or copies 
to be provided to the State Librarian and retains the requirements that the report contain 
the annual work program for the past year and the current year and the results of the 
dioxin monitoring program; 
2. 
It retains the commissioner's report on the status of licensed discharges but 
changes the reporting frequency from annual to biennial; and 
3. It provides that rule-making authority on the transportation, collection and storage 
of waste oil and on the registration, design and operation of used oil collection centers for 
the purposes of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1319-Y remains with the 
Board of Environmental Protection and is not transferred to the commissioner. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05112/15 
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LD 1128 
LRS38(02) 
An Act To Make Minor Changes and Corrections to Statutes Administered by the Department of 
Environmental Protection 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "R'(S-Df 0 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor savings - General Fund 
Any additional savings to the Department of Environmental Protection from having to make fewer reports to the 
Legislature on certain programs are expected to be minor. 
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