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LR 1474
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Sec. 13. 38 MRSA §1304-B, sub-§4-A, ¶E is enacted to read:

 
E.__A contract for disposal of solid waste or municipal
solid waste entered into by a host community or a charter
community must meet the conditions set forth in section
1310-N, subsection 9, paragraph B.

 
Sec. 14. 38 MRSA §1310-N, sub-§9, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 465,
Pt. A, §16 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is amended to read:

 
B. Based upon the nature, size and projected impacts of
the proposed facility, host community agreements
Agreements between an incineration facility, its owner or
operator and a host community or charter community must,
when applicable, include provisions regarding:

 
(1) Improvement, maintenance and repair of local
roads directly affected by traffic to and from the
facility and of other infrastructural elements
directly affected by the facility, including
sewerage, storm water or drainage pipes and other
aboveground and belowground utilities;

 
(2) Development and maintenance of adequate local
emergency response capacity to accommodate the
facility;

 
(3) Financial support for personnel or other means
to provide technical assistance to the municipality
in interpreting data and to advise the municipality
on other technical issues concerning the facility;
and

 
(4) Other issues determined on a case-specific basis
by the applicant and municipality to be appropriate
given the nature of the proposed facility.;

 
(5)__Reasonable reductions in disposal costs and
tipping fee rates to offset the burden borne by the
charter community or host community;

 
(6)__Guaranteed disposal of all municipal solid waste
from the charter communities and host communities
regardless of tonnage;

 
(7)__For a host community, reasonable hours of
operation of the incineration facility consistent
with the location and proximity of operation to
residential zones, including:


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