For purposes of this subsection, "person" means any natural person domiciled in this State; a corporation or partnership in the State; the State; any agency, authority, department, commission, municipality, quasi-municipal corporation, special- purpose district or other instrumentality of the State; a political subdivision of the State, including but not limited to those defined in Title 14, chapter 741 and Title 30-A, chapter 225; any other entity identified as a responsible party at the waste oil disposal site whose waste oil is identified as delivered to the waste oil disposal site and picked up from an address or location within the State in the records compiled by the Department of Environmental Protection or the United States Environmental Protection Agency or their agents, provided that neither the Federal Government nor any of its agencies, authorities, departments, boards, commissions or instrumentalities are eligible to have any share of their obligation for response costs paid by the fund.

8. Determinations regarding eligibility. The authority shall establish a registry of all persons who qualify under subsection 7 to have a portion of their share of total response costs paid pursuant to this section. The authority shall adopt rules relating to eligibility, including the calculation of an eligible person's proportionate share, procedures to ensure that money paid pursuant to this section is used to settle an eligible person's liabilities related to the a waste oil disposal site and repayment of any amounts in excess of that person's share. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §568-B, sub-§2, ķE, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 505, Pt. A, §11, is amended to read:

E. To consult with the Finance Authority of Maine at such times as are necessary, but no less than annually, to review income and disbursements from the Wells and Plymouth Waste Oil Clean-up Fund under Title 10, section 1023-L. The board, at such times and in such amounts as it determines necessary, and in consultation with the Finance Authority of Maine, shall direct the transfer of funds from the Underground Oil Storage Replacement Fund to the Groundwater Oil Clean-up Fund.

Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §570-H, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 505, Pt. A, §14, is further amended to read: