Whereas, responsible parties at the Plymouth site have been asked to reimburse the United States Environmental Protection Agency for expenses incurred at that site; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1023-M, sub-§§2-B and 2-C are enacted to read:

2-B.__Deadline for applications.__Applications submitted pursuant to subsections 2 and 2-C must be received within 90 days after the effective date of this subsection, except that the authority may extend that deadline by an additional period of time not to exceed 60 days for good cause shown.

2-C.__Remedial design; technical impracticability study.__In addition to the uses authorized in subsection 2, money in the fund may be used for direct loans or deferred loans for remedial design or a technical impracticability study.__Money may be used for remedial design only if the authority determines that the applicant has signed the Administrative Order by Consent for remedial design in the matter of the West Site/Hows Corner, Maine.__The provisions of subsection 2 apply to loans authorized under this subsection.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.