An Act to Reqmre the Adoption of Sector-specific Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1411
Committee Amendment CA_A_H198 (House)
Amends: 38 MRSA §576-A, 38 MRSA §577, 38 MRSA §578

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to HP 907, L D 1411, "An Act to Reqmre the 
Adoption of Sector-specific Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits" 
Amend the bill by stukmg out the title and substitutmg the followmg 
'An Act to Enhance Reporting by Certain Agencies Regarding Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions' 
Amend the bill by str1kmg out everythmg after the enactmg clause and msertmg the 
followmg 
'Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §576-A, sub-§5 is enacted to read 
5. Annual report. On or before February 15, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 
Department of Transportation shall submit a report to the 1omt standmg committees of the 
Legislature havmg 1Urtsdict10n over environment and natural resom ces matters and 
transportation matters regardmg capital work plan mvestments designed to reduce 
greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Department of Transportation durmg the 
prior calendar year, mcludmg a summary of Department of Transportation-related 
greenhouse gas emissions associated with different sources and Department of 
Transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions associated with new road alignment 
constmctlon activ1t1es durmg the pnor calendar year 
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §577, sub-§5-A 1s enacted to i ead. 
5-A. Greenhouse gas emissions reductions projections. Begmnmg with the updated 
chmate action plan under subsection 1 due by December 1, 2024, and fo1 each subsequent 
update to the plan thereafter, the plan must mclude greenhouse gas emissions reductions 
pro1ect1ons, mcluding sector-specific gieenhouse gas emissions reduct10ns pro1ect10ns, 
based on the strategies and actions m the plan and mformation regardmg how those 
pr01ecttons and the updated plan are designed to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions 
reductions specified 111 sect10n 576-A 
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §578, as amended by PL 2019, c 476, §10, 1s fm1her amended to 
read: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT 'A" to HP 907, L D 1411 
§578. Progress evaluation 
The department, m consultation with the Mame Clunate Council, estabhshed under 
section 577-A, shall evaluate the State's progress toward meetmg the 1educt1on goals 
reductions specified in section 576-A and progress toward 1mplementmg the chmate act10n 
plan m section 577 The department, after consultation with the council, shall submit a 
report of its evaluation to the J 01nt standmg committee of the Legislature havmg Junsd1ction 
over natural resources matters and the Jomt standmg committee of the Legislature havmg 
Jurtsdiction over ut1ht1es and energy matters by December 1, 2022 and by that date every 
years thereafter The report must include, but 1s not limited to, an evaluation of gross 
anmual greenhouse gas emissions, includmg an identification of greenhouse gas em1ss1ons 
by source category, energy emissions and consumption and an economic analysts of 
greenhouse gas emissions per umt of economic act1v1ty, an evaluation of net annual 
greenhouse gas em1ss1ons, mcludmg the State's carbon budget, forest carbon markets and 
a tnne series analysis of net greenhouse gas emissions, and an evaluation of sector-specific 
progress made toward meetmg the reductions specified m section 576-A The department, 
m consultation with the council, may recommend other metrics to share the progress on 
climate m1t1gat1on and adaptation strategies with the Legislature and the pubhc The Jomt 
standing committee of the Legislature havmg JUrtsd1ct1on over natm al resources matters 1s 
authorized to report out legislation relatmg to the report reqmred under this section, and the 
Jomt standmg committee of the Leg1slatu1e havmg JUrtsd1ction over utlhttes and energy 
matters may make recommendations to the Jomt standmg committee of the Legislature 
havmgJuiisd1ction over natural resomces matters 1egard111g that legislation' 
Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part lette1 or sectton 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which 1s the maJonty report of the committee, replaces the bill It 
chamges the title of the bill and does the followmg 
It requires that, on or before February 15, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 
Department of Transportation submit a report to the Jomt standmg committees of the 
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Legislature havmg Jurisdiction over envn omnent and natural resources matters and 
tiansportation matters regardmg capital work plan mvestments designed to reduce 
greenhouse gas em1ss1ons associated with the department durmg the pnor calendar year, 
mcludmg a summary of department-related greenhouse gas emissions associated with 
different sources and department-related greenhouse gas em1ss10ns associated with new 
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road ahgnment construction act1Vit1es during the prior calendar year 
It ieqmres the Mame Clunate Council to mclude m its updated clnnate action plan, 
begmnmg with the updated climate action plan due by Decembe1 1, 2024, greenhouse gas 
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eimss1ons reductions projections, includmg sector-specific greenhouse gas emissions 
reductions pioJections, based on the strategies and actions m the plan and mformat1on 
regardmg how those proJections and the updated plan are designed to achieve the 
greenhouse gas emissions reductions specified m the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3 8, 
section 576-A 
It amends the reqmrements for the Department of Envtronmental Protection's 
bienmal report on the progress made toward meetmg the greenhouse gas em1ss10ns 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITIEE AMENDMENT" A" to HP 907, L D 1411 
reductions specified m Title 38, section 576-A and progress toward unplementmg the 
climate action plan to mclude an evaluat10n of gross annual greenhouse gas em1ss1ons, 
mcludmg an 1dentificat1on of greenhouse gas em1ss10ns by source category, energy 
em1ss1ons and consumption and an economic analysis of greenhouse gas em1ss1ons per umt 
of economic act1v1ty, an evaluation of net annual greenhouse gas em1ss1ons, mcludmg the 
State's carbon budget, forest carbon markets and a tune series analysis of net greenhouse 
gas em1ss10ns, and an evaluation of sector-specific progress made toward meetmg those 
reductions 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved 05/14/23 feae:.. 
LD 1411 
LR 1011(02) 
An Act to Require the Adoption of Sector-specific Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A' f H-f/ 8) 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Mmor cost mcrease - Highway Fund 
Mmor cost mcrease - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Add1t10nal costs to the Depatiment ofTransp01tat10n or the Department of Envuonmental Protection from the 
prov1s10ns of tl11s bill are expected to be mmor and can be absorbed w1thm ex1stmg budgeted resources 
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