CHAPTER 617

S.P. 47 - L.D. 141

An Act To Ensure Proper Disposal of Debris and Protection

of the Environment

Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas, the current rules regarding beneficial use of secondary materials do not adequately provide for the regulation of the use of construction and demolition debris; and

Whereas, rules are needed to provide facilities and potential facilities that are seeking to make investments in the State with the necessary regulatory framework under which facilities will be required to operate; 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. 38 MRSA §1306, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Construction and demolition debris.__The substitution of wood from construction and demolition debris for conventional fuels used in a boiler may not exceed 50% of total fuel by weight combusted on an average annual basis.