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than 100 cubic feet of litter for a commercial purpose, in
violation of Title 17, section 2264 2265-A, is subject to commits a
civil penalty, payable to the State, violation for which a fine of
not less than $100 nor and not more than $10,000 for each day of
that violation or, if the violation relates to hazardous waste, of
not more than $25,000 for each day of the violation may be
adjudged.

 
Sec. X-4. 38 MRSA §349, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1989, c. 282, §4 and
affected by c. 890, Pt. A, §40 and amended by Pt. B, §7, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
3.__Falsification and tampering.__A person may not knowingly:

 
A.__Make a false statement, representation or certification
in an application, record, report, plan or other document
filed or required to be maintained by any law administered
by the department or by any order, rule, license, permit,
approval or decision of the board or commissioner;

 
B.__Tamper with or render inaccurate a monitoring device or
method required by any law or by any order, rule, license,
permit, approval or decision of the board or commissioner;
or

 
C.__Fail to comply with an information submittal required by
the commissioner pursuant to section 568, subsection 3 or
section 1364, subsection 3.

 
A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.__
Notwithstanding Title 17-A, section 1301, a fine for a violation
of this subsection may not be more than $10,000.

 
Sec. X-5. 38 MRSA §418, sub-§1, as affected by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt.
A, §40 and amended by Pt. B, §35, is repealed and the following
enacted in its place:

 
1.__Prohibitions. A person, firm, corporation or other legal
entity may not place logs or pulpwood:

 
A.__Into the inland waters of the State for the purpose of
driving the logs or pulpwood to pulp mills, lumber mills or
any other destination, except to transport logs or pulpwood
from islands to the mainland;

 
B.__On the ice of any inland waters of the State, except to
transport logs or pulpwood from islands to the mainland; or

 
C.__Into the inland waters of the State for the purpose of
storage or curing the logs or pulpwood, or for other purposes
incidental to the processing of forest products, or


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