SP0148
LD 515
First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number S-130, Sponsored by
LR 1939
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §420, sub-§1-B, ¶F  is enacted to read:

F The department may require mercury testing once per year for facilities that maintain at least 5 years of mercury testing data.

Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §420, sub-§2, ¶J  is enacted to read:

J Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department shall use a one in 10,000 risk level when calculating ambient water quality criteria for inorganic arsenic.

Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §464, sub-§4, ¶¶J and K  are enacted to read:

J For the purpose of calculating waste discharge license limits for toxic substances, the department may use any unallocated assimilative capacity that the department has set aside for future growth if the use of that unallocated assimilative capacity would avoid an exceedance of applicable ambient water quality criteria or a determination by the department of a reasonable potential to exceed applicable ambient water quality criteria.
K Unless otherwise required by an applicable effluent limitation guideline adopted by the department, any limitations for metals in a waste discharge license may be expressed only as mass-based limits.

SUMMARY

This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment allows mercury testing once per year. It establishes a new risk level for inorganic arsenic when the Department of Environmental Protection is calculating ambient water quality criteria. It provides that the department may use any unallocated assimilative capacity that the department has set aside for future growth if use of the unallocated assimilative capacity would avoid an exceedance or reasonable potential to exceed ambient water quality criteria. It provides that metals limits must be expressed as mass-based limits.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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