| | 3. Schedule. The license fee for existing licenses must be | paid on the anniversary date of the license. This date, once | established, remains the scheduled date for paying the annual | license fee, regardless of future changes of the anniversary | date. The annual license fee for new applications must be | estimated and paid at the time of filing the application. When | the processing of the application is complete, the final annual | license fee is determined. Any additional amount is due prior to | the issuance of the license. Any overpayment must be refunded. | If the application is denied, 50% of the initial annual license | fee must be refunded. The effective date of the license becomes | the anniversary date. |
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| | 4. Maximum and minimum fees. The minimum annual license fee | is $250 $305 per year. The maximum annual license fee is | $150,000 $183,365 per year. Beginning November 1, 1994, the The | minimum annual license fee surcharge is $100 $122 per year and | the maximum annual license fee surcharge is $50,000 $61,141 per | year. The commissioner may reduce any fee required under the | federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to take into account the | financial resources of a small business stationary source as | defined in section 343-D, subsection 1. |
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| | 5. Transition for existing licenses. A licensee of a source | in existence on the effective date of this section may request a | revision to that license to reduce the sum of the licensed | allowable air pollutants. |
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| | 7. Renewals and amendments. There are no additional fees | assessed for license renewals or amendments. |
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| | 8. Nonpayment of fee. Failure to pay the annual license fee | within 30 days of the anniversary date of a license is sufficient | grounds for revocation of the license under section 341-D, | subsection 3. |
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| | 9. Funds used solely for air pollution control activities. | The money collected from the annual air emission license and | volatile organic compound emission fees must be used solely for | air pollution control activities. |
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| | Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and | allocations are made. |
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| ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF |
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| Maine Environmental Protection Fund |
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| New Initiative: Provides funds for the maintenance of existing | levels of operation within the air quality program including | ongoing maintenance of the ambient air quality monitoring | network. It also provides funds for an Environmental Specialist | III limited-period position for the development of a greenhouse | gas registry. |
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| Other Special Revenue | | 2002-03 |
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| | Positions - Legislative Count | | (1.000) |
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| | Capital Expenditures | | 150,000 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | ________ |
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| | The bill seeks to increase revenue to the air quality program | within the Department of Environmental Protection to compensate | for lost fees associated with emission reductions and facility | closures and to offset increases in the costs incurred to | administer the air quality program. Funds will be used to | maintain existing levels of operation and service within the air | quality program including ongoing maintenance of the ambient air | quality monitoring network. |
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| | It also provides funds for an Environmental Specialist III | limited-period position for the development of a greenhouse gas | registry. |
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