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| | | An Act to Provide Additional Financing for Costs Associated |
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| | | with the Remediation of a Waste Oil Site in Plymouth |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, Portland-Bangor Waste Oil Services, a defunct Maine | | corporation, operated a waste oil handling facility in Plymouth; | | and |
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| | | Whereas, this site is contaminated and must be cleaned up | | expeditiously to protect the public health, safety and welfare; | | and |
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| | | Whereas, investigation and cleanup of the site will be | | expensive; and |
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| | | Whereas, under state and federal law, any entity that sent waste | | oil or other contaminants to the site is a "responsible party" | | and, as such, is jointly and severally liable for the cost of | | investigation and cleanup; and |
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| | | Whereas, this liability may pose an extraordinary financial | | hardship to small businesses, municipalities and others who sent | | waste oil to the site; and |
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| | | Whereas, some waste oil handled at the site was collected from | | households as a public service and it is in the public interest | | to ensure the continued financial viability of the service | | station owners and other small business owners who provided this | | service; and |
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