An Act To Improve Solid Waste Management
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0259
Committee Amendment CA_A_H882 (House)
Amends: 38 MRSA §2203-A

CO:MIVIITTEE AMENDMENT "fl." to H.P. 180, L.D. 259, "An Act To Improve 
Solid Waste Management" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Increase the Waste Handling Fee Imposed on 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 2021, c. 230, § 1, 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. 
Asbestos 
$5 per cubic 
Oil-contaminated soil, gravel, brick, concrete· and other aggregate 
Waste water facility sludge 
Ash, coal and oil 
Paper mill sludge 
Industrial waste 
Sandblast grit 
All other special waste 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
yard 
$25 per ton 
$5 per ton 
$5 per ton 
$5 per ton 
$5 per ton 
$5 per ton 
$5 per ton 
ROS 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT lr" to H.P. 180, L.D. 259 
Municipal solid waste or municipal solid waste ash 
$+ .$2. per ton 
Front end process residue (FEPR) 
$1 per ton 
Construction and demolition debris and residue from the processing of 
$2 per ton 
construction and demolition debris 
Sec. 2. 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 and 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. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$796,000 
$796,000 
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, changes the title and 
replaces the bill, which is a concept draft. It amends the waste handling fees to increase 
the fee imposed on the disposal at a landfill of municipal solid waste and municipal solid 
waste ash from $1 per ton to $2 per ton. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/23/22 .:tPae 
LD259 
LR 886(02) 
An Act To Improve Solid Waste Management 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ./,{if,.. </i'-7) 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$796,000 
$0 
$796,000 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$796,000 
$796,000 
Projections 
FY2024-25 
$796,000 
$796,000 
This bill increases the fee imposed on landfilled municipal solid waste and municipal solid waste ash from $1 per ton 
to $2 per ton. The Department of Environmental Protection has indicated that based on the current volume of material 
subject to this fee annual revenue will increase by $796,000 starting in fiscal year 2022-23 to the Maine Solid Waste 
Management Fund (MSWMF). The bill includes a corresponding allocation to the MSWMF to allow expenditure of 
the additional revenue. 
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