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If you have questions regarding Laws and Rules administered by the Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management please call John James at (207) 287-7866, or email at John.James@Maine.gov.
Rule chapters administered by the DEP Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management are listed below. The electronic version maintained by the Department of the Secretary of State and are in MS Word format. Rule chapters downloaded from the site may not include recent amendments and should not be considered "official" state rules for use before a court. Contact the Secretary of State's Office for certified copies of rule chapters.
Ch. 400, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - General Provisions
Ch. 401, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - Landfill Siting, Design and Operation
Ch. 402, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - Transfer Stations and Storage Sites for Solid Waste
Ch. 403, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - Incineration Facilities
Ch. 405, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - Water Quality Monitoring, Leachate Monitoring, and Waste Characterization
Ch. 409, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - Processing Facilities
Ch. 410, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - Composting Facilities
Ch. 411, Non-Hazardous Waste Transporter Licenses
Ch. 415, Reasonable Costs for Handling and Recycling of Electronic Wastes
Ch. 418, Maine Solid Waste Management Rules - Beneficial Use of Solid Wastes
Ch. 419, Agronomic Utilization of Residuals
Ch. 420, Septage Management Rules
Ch. 424, Lead Management Regulations Appendix A
Ch. 425, Asbestos Management Regulations
Ch. 600, Oil Discharge Prevention and Pollution Control Rules for Marine Oil Terminal Facilities, Transportation Pipelines and Vessels
Ch. 650, Damage Claims - Oil Conveyance Fund
Ch. 680, Tanker Anchorage Rules
Ch. 685 , Payment and Reimbursement of Oil Transfer Fees
Ch.691, Rules for Underground Oil Storage Facilities (4.2 megabytes)
Ch.692, Siting of Oil Storage Facilities
Ch.695, Registration / Installation / Operation and Closure of Underground Hazard Substance Storage Facility
Ch.700, Wellhead Protection: Siting of Facilities that Pose a Signifcant Threat to Drinking Water
Ch.800, Identification of Hazardous Matter
Ch.801, Discharge of Hazardous Matter: Removal and Written Reporting Procedures
Ch.850, Identification of Hazardous Wastes (Note: Chapter 850 is in Microsoft Word 7.0 format.)
Ch.851, Standards for Generators of Hazardous Waste
Ch.852, Land Disposal Restrictions
Ch.853, Licensing of Transporters of Hazardous Waste
Ch.854, Standards for Hazardous Waste Facilities
Ch.855, Interim Licenses for Waste Facilities for Hazardous Waste
Ch.856, Licensing of Hazardous Waste Facilities
Ch.857, Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements
Ch.860, Waste Oil Management Rules
Ch.870, Labeling of Mercury-Added Products
Ch.880, Regulation of Chemical Use in Children's (Products)
Ch.881, Fees; Chemical Use in Children's Products
Ch.882, Designation of Bisphenol A as a Priorty Chemical and Regulation of Bisphenol A in Children’s Products
Ch.883, Designation of the Chemical Class Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates A as a Priority Chemical
Ch.900, Biomedical Waste Management Rules
06 481 Board of Underground Storage Tank Installers
Ch. 1, Administrative Rules
Ch. 2, Rules of Practice and Procedure Governing Adjudicatory Proceedings
Ch. 3, Certification of Underground Oil Tank Installers
Ch. 5, Certification of Underground Gasoline Storage Tank Removers
Ch. 6 , Certification of Underground Tank Inspectors
