LD 1367
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LR 1388
Item 1

 
A. Discarded, worn-out or junked plumbing, heating
supplies, electronic or industrial equipment, household
appliances and or furniture;

 
B. Discarded, scrap and junked lumber; and

 
C. Old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper
trash, rubber debris, waste and all scrap iron, steel and
other scrap ferrous or nonferrous material; and.

 
D. Garbage dumps, waste dumps and sanitary fills.

 
Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §3752, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 173, §3, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 7. 30-A MRSA §3754, as amended by PL 1999, c. 761, §5, is
further amended to read:

 
§3754. Hearings

 
Municipal officers or county commissioners, as provided for in
section 3753, shall hold a public hearing before granting a
permit to establish, operate or maintain an a new automobile
graveyard, automobile recycling business or junkyard and may hold
public hearings annually regarding the relicensing of these
facilities. They shall Municipal officers or county
commissioners shall require an applicant to provide proof of
mailing the notice to abutting property owners of an application.__
Municipal officers or county commissioners shall also post a
notice of the hearing at least 7 and not more than 14 days before
the hearing in at least 2 public places in the municipality or
unorganized territory and publish a notice in one newspaper
having general circulation in the municipality or unorganized
territory in which the automobile graveyard, automobile recycling
business or junkyard is to be located. The municipal officers or
county commissioners shall give written notice of the application
to the Department of Transportation establish a new automobile
graveyard or automobile recycling business to the automobile
dealer licensing section of the Department of the Secretary of
State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles by mailing a copy of the
application at least 7 and not more than 14 days before the
hearing. The municipal officers or county commissioners shall
give written notice of the application to a public water supplier
for any automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or
junkyard located within its source water supply area. The notice
may be given by mailing a copy of the application at least 7 and
not more than 14 days before the hearing.

 
Sec. 8. 30-A MRSA §3754-A is enacted to read:


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