An Act To Sustain Good-paying Jobs in the Forest Products Industry by Ensuring Consistency between Comprehensive River Resource Management Plans and State Water Quality Standards
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1979
Committee Amendment CA_B_S521 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 13" to S.P. 710, L.D. 1979, "An Act To Sustain 
Good-paying Jobs in the Forest Products Industry by Ensuring Consistency between 
Comprehensive River Resource Management Plans and State Water Quality Standards" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Regarding Comprehensive River Resource Management Plans' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Geology and Resource Information Z237 
Initiative: Provides funding for one Chief Planner position, one Senior Planner position and 
one limited-period Senior Planner position with an end date of June 30, 2024 and associated 
All Other costs. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maine Land Use Planning Commission Z236 
2021-22 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
2.000 
$294,403 
$10,500 
$304,903 
Initiative: Provides funding for one Senior Planner position and one limited-period Senior 
Planner position with an end date of June 30, 2024 and associated All Other costs. 
GENERAL FUND 
2021-22 
2022-23 
POSITIONS -LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
0.000 
1.000 
Personal Services 
$0 
$191,408 
All Other 
$0 
$11,200 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" a~,, to S.P. 710, L.D. 1979 ( S 5 2 j'\ 
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Office of the Commissioner 0401 
Initiative: Provides funding for technology costs and STA-CAP. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$202,608 
2022-23 
$19,170 
$19,170 
2022-23 
$507,511 
$19,170 
$526,681 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, removes from the bill 
the provision that amends the antidegradation policy under the State's water classification 
program to provide that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person that 
meets a condition relating to any effect or potential effect on a species that is listed under 
the United States Endangered Species Act that is imposed or proposed to be imposed by 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in granting a new license pursuant to 18 Code 
of Federal Regulations, Part 16, as amended, is considered to have met the State's water 
quality standards in the event that no equivalent state standard has been set. 
The 
amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/30/22 feae!. 
LD 1979 
LR2167(03) 
An Act To Sustain Good-paying Jobs in the Forest Products Industry by Ensuring Consistency 
between Comprehensive River Resource Management Plans and State Water Quality Standards 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '8' l S -S2)} 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
· 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY2022-23 
$507,511 
$507,511 
$19,170 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$531,759 
$531,759 
$19,170 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$335,036 
$335,036 
$15,336 
This bill modifies the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) criteria used to develop 
comprehensive river resource management plans. The bill includes appropriations of $485,811 beginning in fiscal year 
2022-23 for one Chief Planner position, two Senior Planner positions and two limited-period Senior Planner positions 
with an end date of June 30, 2024. The bill also includes appropriations of $21,700 and allocations of $19,170 also 
beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 for technology and all other costs associated with the positions. 
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