LD 1588
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LR 379
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31st thereafter, on progress made in achieving the requirements
specified in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 420,
subsection 2. On February 16, 2004, the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Health and Human
Services shall present to the Governor and the joint standing
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural
resources matters a comprehensive assessment on the progress in
eliminating the discharge of dioxin from bleach kraft pulp mills in
this State. The assessment must report on:

 
1. Dioxin concentrations in fish above and below mills and
the health implications of those concentrations;

 
2. Any evidence that dioxin is being discharged from any
mill;

 
3. Current technology that achieves no discharge of dioxin;

 
4. The need for continuing the dioxin monitoring program; and

 
5. Other known sources of dioxin polluting rivers in this
State.

 
The commissioners shall make recommendations regarding any
additional action that may be warranted.

 
Sec. 35. Resolve 2003, c. 130, §1 is amended to read:

 
*Sec. 1. Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of Chapter 355: Sand
Dune Rules, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of the
Department of Environmental Protection that has been submitted to
the Legislature for review pursuant to the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A,

 
is authorized only if Chapter 355 is amended in that section
relating to new construction in frontal dunes and designated as
section 6, paragraph B, subparagraph (1) (3) to provide that
elevators, in addition to ramps, that are required for compliance
with the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities
Act are exempt from the requirement that a new structure or
addition to an existing structure may not be constructed on or
seaward of a frontal dune. The rule must also be amended to
provide that elevators or ramps serving buildings required to
comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act must be
designed and constructed so as to minimize intrusion on the
frontal dune, including locating the structures to the rear of
buildings or within areas of a lot already developed, such as a
parking area. The Department of Environmental Protection is not
required to hold hearings or conduct other formal proceedings


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