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Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §3754, as amended by PL 2003, c. 312, §8, 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 a new automobile graveyard, automobile
recycling business or junkyard and may hold public hearings
annually regarding the relicensing of these facilities.
Municipal officers or county commissioners shall require an
applicant to provide proof of mailing the notice of the
application to all 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 or electronic notice of
the application to 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 30 days before the hearing. The municipal
officers or county commissioners shall give written notice of the
application to a the public water supplier if the application is
for any an automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or
junkyard located within its the supplier's 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. 3. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 312, §9,
is amended to read:

 
4. Public and private water supplies. A permit may not be
granted for an automobile graveyard, junkyard or automobile
recycling business that handles junk, scrap metal, vehicles or
other solid waste within 300 feet of a well that serves as a
public or private water supply. This prohibition does not
include a private well that serves only the automobile graveyard,
junkyard, automobile recycling business or the owner's or
operator's abutting residence. This prohibition does not apply
to wells installed after an automobile graveyard, junkyard or
automobile recycling business has already received a permit under
section 3753.


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