| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1303-C, sub-§15-B is enacted to read: |
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| | 15-B.__Host community.__"Host community" means any town, | township or city that is the geographical site of a waste-to- | energy facility or any town, township or city that is party to a | host community waste handling agreement for disposal of municipal | solid waste, dated prior to December 31, 2004, including | specifically that agreement between the City of Biddeford and the | City of Saco and the Maine Energy Recovery Company, L.P., dated | June 7, 1991. |
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| | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1304-B, sub-§4-B is enacted to read: |
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| | 4-B.__Contract with host community.__Any contract for disposal | of solid waste or municipal solid waste entered into by or with a | host community must meet the conditions set forth in section | 1310-N, subsection 9. |
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| | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1304-D is enacted to read: |
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| §1304-D.__Host community may adopt rules |
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| | Notwithstanding section 1304, subsections 1, 1-A, 1-B and 1-C, | a host community may adopt its own reasonable rules on the | transportation of solid waste, municipal solid waste, special | waste and refuse-derived fuel through that host community, | including posting certain roads with weight limitations, setting | route limitations or restrictions to minimize the disruption of | predominantly residential areas or areas of special environmental | concern or sensitivity, limiting hours for the delivery of such | wastes and setting penalties for transporters who leak, spill or | discharge wastes onto public ways. |
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| | Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §1310-N, sub-§9, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 465, Pt. | A, §16 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is amended to read: |
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| B. Based upon the nature, size and projected impacts of the | proposed facility, An agreement between an incineration | facility or its owner or operator and a host community | agreements or other community must, when applicable, include | provisions regarding: |
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| (1) Improvement, maintenance and repair of local roads | directly affected by traffic to and from the facility | and of other infrastructural elements directly affected | by the facility, including sewerage, storm water or | drainage pipes and other aboveground and underground | utilities; |
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