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LR 3014
Item 1

 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §353-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 657, §22, is
further amended to read:

 
§353-A. Annual air emissions license and volatile organic

 
compound emission fees

 
1. License fees. After the effective date of this section, a
A licensee must shall pay an annual fee assessed on the sum of
all licensed allowable air pollutants, except for carbon
monoxide, as follows:

 
Annual licensed emissionsPer ton fee

 
in tons

 
1 - 1,000 $5 $6.63

 
1,001 - 4,000 $10 $13.29

 
over 4,001 $15 $19.91

 
1-A. Annual license fee surcharge. Beginning November 1,
1994, a A licensee shall pay an annual license fee surcharge of
$10 $12.21 per every 1,000 air quality units as defined in
section 582, subsection 11-E.

 
1-B.__Volatile organic compound emission fees.__All retail
gasoline dispensing facilities that operate within the State
shall pay an annual volatile organic compound emission fee
assessed on the basis of the annual throughput of gasoline at
that facility during the preceding calendar year as follows:

 
Annual throughputVolatile organic

 
in gallonscompound

 
emission fee

 
120,000 - 1,000,000 $300

 
greater than 1,000,000 $500

 
Volatile organic compound emission fees must be paid on or before
January 31st of each calendar year.

 
2. Fee adjustment. The commissioner may adjust the per ton
license fees under subsection 1, the per ton volatile organic
compound emission fees under subsection 1-B, the annual license
fee surcharge set forth in subsection 1-A and the maximum and
minimum fees set forth in subsection 4 on an annual basis
according to the United States Consumer Price Index established
by the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.


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