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| LR 2972 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Promote Recycling of Cellular Telephones
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill, which is modelled on California law, would promote the recycling of cellular telephones. |
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| LR 2635 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-11-28 |
| An Act To Ensure Long-term Capacity of Municipal Landfills
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill prohibits municipally owned landfills from accepting out-of-state waste. |
| LR 2925 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Consolidate the Management of Solid Waste |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would consolidate the management of solid waste in the Department of Environmental Protection. Currently, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Executive Department, State Planning Office are responsible for the management of solid waste. |
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| LR 2796 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect Maine's Groundwater Resources
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would amend Maine law to prevent unreasonable use of groundwater. |
| LR 2799 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Sustain Good Local Planning Practices |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would allow municipalities with longstanding oversight of subdivisions to continue overseeing development of property, even if that oversight is more rigorous than state law. |
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| LR 2721 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Governor's Task Force Regarding the Shutdown of the Maine Energy Recovery Company Trash-burning Facility in Biddeford |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would implement the recommendations of the Governor's task force regarding the shutdown of the Maine Energy Recovery Corporation trash-burning facility in Biddeford. |
| LR 2961 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Sand Dune Protection
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would amend the laws protecting sand dunes to recognize erosion resulting in part from man-made structures and to allow the longer-term placement of an offshore breakwater to protect property. |
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| LR 2536 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Provide an Energy Emergency Relief Fund To Provide Assistance for Home Heating Oil Costs for Residents of This State and for Gasoline Costs for Service Providers |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill establishes a $5,000,000 energy emergency relief fund to supplement current low-income home heating fuel programs and to provide assistance for higher fuel costs to providers of emergency services. |
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| LR 2848 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect Maine Families and the Environment by Improving the Collection and Recycling of Mercury Thermostats |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would require manufacturers to pay for the safe recovery, collection and recycling of mercury-added thermostats and strengthen the existing mercury thermostat collection laws. |
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| LR 2862 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Prevent Noise and Air Pollution in the Town of Oakland |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would require Guilford Transportation trains that run through the Town of Oakland to stop for a change of crew only at the rail yard where train noise and diesel fumes are anticipated, when stops will not disrupt residential neighbors' sleep and enjoyment of their property and where the noise, fumes and odor pollution will not harm the public. |
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| LR 2451 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect the Water Quality of Colcord Pond and Bickford Pond in Porter |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would prohibit the use of personal watercraft on Colcord Pond and Bickford Pond in Porter. This request as
LR 2407 was withdrawn at the May 26, 2005 meeting of the Legislative Council.
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| LR 2583 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Improve the Water Quality and Safety of Phillips Lake
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would remove the maximum height restriction for the dam at the outlet of Phillips Lake. |
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| LR 2860 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Establish the Maine State Agricultural Drought Protection Act |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would establish a program to protect the rights of farmers for the wise and reasonable use of water during severe agricultural droughts where those rights may be limited by the establishment of a restricted low-flow limit to protect streams from water quality degradation. |
| LR 2861 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Create the Maine Agricultural Water Source Development and Management Program |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would establish a water source development and management program to ensure that agricultural producers have access to water for crop and livestock needs, especially during agricultural droughts. |