An Act To Reduce the Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste ”
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0988
Committee Amendment CA_A_S461 (Senate)
Amends: 38 MRSA §2203-A, 38 MRSA §2204

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to S.P. 278, L.D. 988, Bill, “An Act To 
Reduce the Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste ”
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following:
'Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §2203-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2015, c. 461, §8, is 
further amended to read:
1.  Fees.   Unless otherwise provided by rule adopted in accordance with subsection 
3, fees are imposed in the following amounts to be levied for solid waste that is disposed 
of at commercial, municipal, state-owned and regional association landfills.
Date: 
(Filing No. S-          )
Asbestos
$5 per cubic yard
Oil-contaminated soil, gravel, brick, 
concrete and other aggregate
$25 per ton
Waste water facility sludge
$5 per ton
Ash, coal and oil
$5 per ton
Paper mill sludge
$5 per ton
Industrial waste
$5 per ton
Sandblast grit
$5 per ton
All other special waste
$5 per ton
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to S.P. 278, L.D. 988
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Sec. 2.  38 MRSA §2204, as amended by PL 2015, c. 461, §§10 and 11, is 
repealed.
Sec. 3.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
Remediation and Waste Management 0247
Initiative: Provides allocation to allow for the expenditure of additional revenue for 
administrative expenses, actions necessary to abate threats to public health, safety and 
welfare posed by the disposal of solid waste and to pay municipalities under the closure 
and remediation cost-sharing program for solid waste landfills.
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill and 
repeals the existing $2 per ton municipal solid waste surcharge statute in the laws 
governing solid waste management.  It also amends the State's waste handling fee statute 
to impose a $1 per ton disposal fee on all municipal solid waste disposed of at a 
commercial, municipal, state-owned or regional association landfill.  The amendment 
also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
Municipal solid waste or municipal solid 
waste ash
$1 per ton
Front end process residue (FEPR)
$1 per ton
 Construction and demolition debris and 
residue from the processing of 
construction and demolition debris
$2 per ton
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
2019-20
2020-21
All Other
$0
$27,500
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL
$0
$27,500
Revised: 07/21/20
LD 988
LR 1071(02)
FY 2019-20
FY 2020-21
Projections 
FY 2021-22
Projections 
FY 2022-23
Appropriations/Allocations
Other Special Revenue Funds
$0
$27,500
$55,000
$55,000
Revenue
Other Special Revenue Funds
$0
$27,500
$55,000
$55,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill repeals current statute that includes a $2 per ton municipal solid waste surcharge and certain exemptions to 
that surcharge.  The bill changes the current $1 per ton solid waste disposal fee to include all municipal solid waste or 
municipal solid waste ash.  The loss of revenue from the removal of the surcharge will be offset by an increase in the 
number of tons subject to the fee.  The net impact of these changes is estimated to be an ongoing annual revenue 
increase of $55,000, prorated to $27,500 in fiscal year 2020-21, to the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund 
(MSWMF) within the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill includes an accompanying increase in the 
allocation to the MSWMF for expenditure of the additional revenue.   
Fiscal Note
An Act To Reduce the Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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