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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

 
2-A.__Air pollutants.__"Air pollutants" includes, but is not
limited to, polychlorinated dioxins, furans, biphenyls,
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds
and hazardous metals such as arsenic, beryllium, cadmium,
chromium, lead, nickel and mercury, whether or not such
substances are also considered hazardous air pollutants.

 
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§7-E, as amended by PL 1991, c. 220, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
7-E. Incinerator. "Incinerator" means any device,
apparatus or equipment used for destroying, reducing or
salvaging by fire any material or substance, but does not
include any device, apparatus or equipment used to burn
material-separated, including solid waste, municipal solid
waste, special waste and refuse-derived fuel.

 
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§9-E is enacted to read:

 
9-E.__Privately owned.__"Privately owned" means 50% or more
of the ownership interests of the given entity are possessed
or controlled by nongovernmental entities.

 
Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§11-B, as amended by PL 1991, c. 220, §4,
is further amended to read:

 
11-B. Solid waste fuel-burning equipment. "Solid waste
fuel-burning equipment" means any furnace, boiler or
apparatus, and all appurtenances thereto, capable of burning
solid waste fuel for the primary purpose of producing thermal
energy. Equipment used to burn or capable of burning
material-separated, refuse-derived fuel either alone or with
another fuel other than solid waste fuel or refuse-derived
fuel as defined in section 1303-C is not solid waste fuel-
burning equipment.

 
Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §585-I is enacted to read:

 
§585-I.__Air pollutant monitoring and emission control

 
1.__Continuous emissions monitoring.__A privately owned
facility operating an incinerator shall install equipment, in
consultation with the department, that will operate
continuously on a 24-hour basis without interruption to
monitor all air pollutants and is capable of recording daily
testing for later review and analysis.


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