An Act To Prohibit the Contamination of Clean Soils with So-called Forever Chemicals
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1911
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_B_S553 (Senate)
Amends: 38 MRSA §1306

SENATE AMENDMENT" J3 "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1417, 
L.D. 1911, "An Act To Prohibit the Contamination of Clean Soils with So-called Forever 
Chemicals" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 5 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §1306, sub-§7 is enacted to read: 
7. Prohibitions on land application of sludge and sale and distribution of compost 
and other agricultural products and materials containing sludge and septage. This 
subsection governs the land application of sludge and the sale and distribution of compost 
and other agricultural products and materials containing sludge and septage. 
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except as provided in 
paragraph B, a person may not: 
(I) Apply to or spread on any land in the State: 
(a) Sludge generated from a municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater 
treatment plant; 
(b) Compost material that included in its production sludge generated from a 
municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage; or 
(c) Any other product or material that is intended for use as a fertilizer, soil 
amendment, topsoil replacement or mulch or for other similar agricultural 
purpose that is derived from or contains sludge generated from a municipal, 
commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage; or 
(2) Sell or distribute in the State: 
(a) Compost material that included in its production sludge generated from a 
municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage; or 
(b) Any other product or material that is intended for use as a fertilizer, soil 
amendment, topsoil replacement or mulch or for other similar agricultural 
purpose that is derived from or contains sludge generated from a municipal, 
commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage. 
B. The prohibitions in paragraph A do not apply to: 
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(1) The disposal or placement at a solid waste landfill of any of the materials that 
are prohibited from application, spreading, sale or distribution by this subsection: 
(2) The land application of or the sale or distribution of compost material or other 
agricultural product or material derived from or containing residuals generated as 
a result of the processing or cultivation of food, food waste, crops or vegetative 
material, the brewing of malt liquor, the fermenting of wine or hard cider or the 
distilling of spirits, including, but not limited to, blueberries, apples, grapes, 
potatoes, seaweed, fish and seafood and spent grain or malt, provided that such 
residuals are not mixed with sludge from a municipal, commercial or industrial 
wastewater treatment plant, septage, sewage or sanitary wastewater prior to or 
during land application or the production of the compost material or other 
agricultural product or material: or 
(3) The land application of or the sale or distribution of compost material or other 
agricultural product or material derived from or containing sludge resulting from 
the production of precipitated calcium carbonate.' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends Committee Amendment "A" to remove the prohibition on the 
sale, distribution or use of an agricultural crop or other vegetative material for any 
agricultural purpose if the crop or vegetative material was grown at a location in the State 
where septage is licensed or permitted to be applied or spread. 
SPONSOREDBY: >~~K 
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(Senator BRENNER, S.) 
COUNTY: Cumberland 
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