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LR 807
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Sec. 17. 12 MRSA §685-B, sub-§4, ¶A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 430, §2,
is further amended to read:

 
A. Adequate technical and financial provision has been made
for complying with the requirements of the state's State's
air and water pollution control and other environmental
laws, and those standards and regulations adopted with
respect thereto, including without limitation the minimum
lot size laws, sections 4807 to 4807-G, the Site Location of
Development Law site location of development laws, Title 38,
sections 481 to 488 490, the Minimum Lot Size Law, sections
4807 to 4807-G, and the natural resource protection laws,
Title 38, chapter 3, subchapter I, article 5-A, sections
480-A to 480-Z, and adequate provision has been made for
solid waste and sewage disposal, for controlling of
offensive odors and for the securing and maintenance of
sufficient healthful water supplies; and

 
Sec. 18. 12 MRSA §685-B, sub-§4, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1971, c. 457, §5,
is amended to read:

 
D. Uses of topography, soils and subsoils meet standards of
the current soil suitability guide for land use planning in
Maine, or which are adaptable to the proposed use pursuant
to said guide and The proposal will not cause unreasonable
soil erosion or reduction in the capacity of the land to
absorb and hold water, and and suitable soils are available
for a sewage disposal system if sewage is to be disposed on-
site;

 
Sec. 19. 12 MRSA §685-D, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c.
459, Pt. A, §1, is amended to read:

 
§685-D. Funding

 
Beginning with fiscal year 1985-86, funding Funding for the
services and activities of the commission shall come comes from
the General Fund and is not be allocated to the unorganized
territory under Title 36, chapter 115. It is also the intent of
the Legislature that no charges may be made to plantations, towns
or cities for fiscal years 1983-84 or 1984-85.

 
Sec. 20. 38 MRSA §480-E, first ¶, as affected by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt.
A, §40 and amended by Pt. B, §73, is further amended to read:

 
The department shall process all permits under this article,
except as provided in subsection 9, in accordance with chapter 2,
subchapter I, and the following requirements.


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