Resolve, Establishing
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0646
Committee Amendment CA_A_H98 (House)

FmST SPECIAL SESSION
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " /V' to H.P. 414, L,D. 646, "Resolve, Establishing
the Commission to Study Unregulated Storm Water Pollution"
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study Unmanaged Storm Water Pollution'
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble in the 2nd iadented paragraph in the
first 2 lines (page 1, lines 3 and 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "How to Address
Unregulated" and inserting the following: 'Unmanaged'
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the first 2 lines (page 1, lines 12 and 13 in L.D.) by
striking out the following: "How to Address Unregulated" and msertmg the following:
'Unmanaged'
Amend fhe resolve in section 2 in subsection 3 in the first line (page 1, line 22 in L.D.)
by striking out the following: "Two representatives of environmental or community
groups" and inserting the following: 'One representative of an environmental group'
Amend the resolve in section 2 by inserting after subsection 3 the following:
4. One representative who is an engineer with expertise in the design and
implementation of storm water planning for development purposes, appointed by the
President of the Senate;'
Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 5 in the first line (page 1, line 26 in L.D.)
by strikmg out the following: engineer or representative from a soil and water conservation
district" and inserting the following; 'representative of the development industry'
Amend the resolve m section 2 by striking out all of subsections 6 aad 7 and inserting
the following:
7. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection or the commissioners designee;
Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 8 in the last line (page 1, Une 33 in L.D.)
by striking out the following: "and"
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
^5 COMMCTTEE AMENDMENT "(^" to H.P. 414, L.D. 646
Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 9 in the first line (page 1, line 34 in L.D.)
by striking out the following: "desigaee." and inserting the following: 'designee; and'
Amend the resolve in section 2 by inserting after subsection 9 the following:
'10. The Commissioner of Transportation or the commissioner's designee.'
Amend the resolve in section 2 by renumbering the subsections to read consecutively.
Amend the resolve in section 5 by striking out all of subsections 1 to 4 (page 2, Unes
10 to 20 iu L.D.) and inserting the following:
'1. Compile and review data regarding the actual and potential effects of storm water
pollution on public and environmental health;
2. Identify and develop strategies to address knowledge gaps that hinder the State's
ability to craft law, policy and other responses to mitigate storm water pollution;
3. Identify pollutants of concern that are not effectively managed fhrough state and
federal storm water laws and rules, including, but not limited to, chloride pollution, and
recommend strategies to address those identified pollutants;
4. Identify and recommend strategies to address storm water pollution associated with
development that is not effectively managed through state and federal storm water laws
and rules, includmg through the municipal separate storm sewer system general permittmg
process, or through other regulatory tools; and
Amend the resolve in section 5 in subsection 5 m the 2nd line (page 2, line 22 in L.D.)
by inserting after the following: "health," the following: 'water quaUty,'
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or
section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment changes the name of the legislative study commission proposed in the
resolve to the Commission to Study Uumanaged Storm Water Pollution and makes changes
to the membership and duties of that commission.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
Page2-132LR0889(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 03/27/25 t-Kt-
LD 646 LR 889(02)
Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study Unregulated Storm Water Pollution
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "^?'/ 4 -Ul^>
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Legislative Cost/Study
Legislative Cost/Study
The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $3,750 in fiscal year 2025-26. The Legislature's
proposed budget for the 2026-2027 biennium includes $22,196 in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for the
costs of legislative studies, as well as $8,265 in projected balances from fiscal year 2024-25 and $33,073 of balances
carried over from prior years for this purpose. Whether these amounts are sufficient to fund all studies will depend on
the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature. The additional costs of providing
staffing assistance to the study during the interim can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted staff resources.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Additional costs for the departments of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Resources and Transportation and for
the municipality representative to participate m the work of the commission are assumed to be minor and can be
absorbed within existing budgeted resources,
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