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LR 3283
Item 1

 
A. The authority shall pay to each person, eligible under
this subsection, $2,000 upon presentation by the person to the
authority of a canceled check or other evidence determined
sufficient by the authority to demonstrate payment of the
person's share of total response costs at the waste oil
disposal site sites, unless the authority determines that the
payment made by the person at that a site was in an amount
less than $2,000, in which case the authority shall pay to
that person an amount equal to the amount that person paid in
relation to the site. All payments made under this subsection
must be from funds transferred from the Maine Rainy Day Fund.

 
B. Any person eligible under this subsection who presents
an invoice for that person's share of total response costs
at the a site, but who has not yet paid the invoice,
receives a negotiable instrument from the authority made
payable jointly to that person and any entity identified by
the Department of Environmental Protection or the United
States Environmental Protection Agency as assuming liability
for total response costs at the a site. The negotiable
instrument must be in the amount of $2,000, unless the
authority determines that the payment to be made by the
person at the a site will be in an amount less than $2,000,
in which case the authority shall pay to the person an
amount equal to the amount the person is to pay in relation
to the a site. All payments made under this subsection must
be from funds transferred from the Maine Rainy Day Fund.

 
C. After the payments authorized in paragraphs A and B have been
made, additional payments must be made from the available balance
from funds transferred from the Maine Rainy Day Fund to all
persons who received funds under paragraphs A and B who have paid
their settlement share of total response costs, and whose total
liability at the a site exceeds the amount the persons received
under paragraph A or B. Distributions under this paragraph are
proportionate to the amount each person paid as the person's
share of total response costs at the a site. Payments made
pursuant to this subsection may not exceed the person's
settlement share of total response costs attributable to eligible
persons as defined in this subsection multiplied by the total
orphan share percentage at the a waste oil disposal site. The
authority may not issue deferred loans for eligible persons who
have received payments pursuant to this subsection. This
distribution must occur in relation to the site in Wells, on
April 1, 2000 and in relation to the site in Plymouth by
September 1, 2000. Any remaining


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