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| | | An Act To Provide Leadership in Addressing the Threat of |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA c. 3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | 1.__Greenhouse gas.__"Greenhouse gas" means any chemical or | | physical substance that is emitted into the air and that the | | department determines by rule may reasonably be anticipated to | | cause or contribute to climate change.__"Greenhouse gas" | | includes, but is not limited to, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous | | oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur | | hexafluoride. Rules adopted by the department pursuant to this | | subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, | | chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | 2.__Sector.__"Sector" means one of the 5 sectors identified in | | the climate change action plan adopted by the Conference of New | | England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in August 2001.__ | | The 5 sectors are the transportation, industrial, commercial, | | institutional and residential sectors. |
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