| | | Sec. 1. Acquisition of landfill authorized. Resolved: That, notwithstanding | | anything in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1825-B, | | subsection 1 and Title 38, chapter 24 to the contrary, the | | Executive Department, State Planning Office, referred to in this | | section as "the office," may acquire, own and cause to be | | operated an existing and approved generator-owned solid waste | | disposal facility in the City of Old Town known as the West Old | | Town Landfill, referred to in this resolve as "the disposal | | facility" under such revenue-neutral terms and conditions as the | | office determines are advisable and in the public interest. The | | office may establish the terms and conditions of, and execute and | | deliver, in the name of and on behalf of the State, all contracts | | the office determines are necessary or appropriate to effect the | | transactions authorized by, or incident to, this resolve and to | | undertake all actions the office determines necessary or | | appropriate to fully perform all obligations established under | | this resolve. |
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| | | The municipality in which the disposal facility is located may | | not regulate the operation, expansion or siting of the disposal | | facility as provided in Title 38, section 2173 or by means of any | | municipal ordinances, regulations, licenses or permits. The | | municipal officers of the City of Old Town may establish a | | citizen advisory committee to review landfill processes and serve | | as a liaison between the community and the office to facilitate | | communications during the development and operation of the | | landfill and provide local residents with updated information | | about the project, including explanations of any technical terms; | | and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, by February 15, 2004, the Executive | | Department, State Planning Office shall submit a report to the | | Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources on the acquisition | | of the disposal facility authorized under section 1 and a review | | of the operations related to that disposal facility. |
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| | | This resolve authorizes the Executive Department, State | | Planning Office to acquire, own and operate a preexisting, | | Department of Environmental Protection-approved and generator- | | owned solid waste disposal facility located in Old Town and to | | enter into such contracts as the office determines are necessary | | or appropriate to effect this transaction. The resolve further | | provides that municipal regulation of the facility will not be | | the same as for any other disposal facilities owned by the State. | | The City of Old Town, however, will be afforded the specified | | host community benefit, power and responsibility with respect to | | the facility as currently provided in state law. |
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