| | | the commissioner shall give priority to areas that are | | potentially commercially significant shellfish harvesting | | resources and areas that have significant boat traffic.__The | | department may also recommend to the joint standing committee of | | the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources | | matters that application be made by the Department of | | Environmental Protection for additional no-discharge zones, | | including all or part of the coast, as appropriate at future | | dates; and |
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| | | Sec. 5. Report concerning graywater discharges from small commercial passenger | | vessels. The Department of Environmental Protection shall submit a | | report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having | | jurisdiction over natural resources matters by January 1, 2006 | | concerning whether small commercial passenger vessels, or a | | subset of small commercial passenger vessels, should be required | | to seek authorization to discharge graywater. The department may | | include any recommended legislation concerning vessel discharges. | | The committee may report out legislation during the Second | | Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature concerning graywater | | discharges from small commercial passenger vessels. |
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| | | Sec. 6. Report concerning air emissions. The Department of Environmental | | Protection shall submit a report to the joint standing committee | | of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources | | matters by January 15, 2005 concerning issues related to air | | emissions from vessels. The report must include draft | | legislation necessary to implement any proposal. The committee | | may report out legislation during the First Regular Session of | | the 122nd Legislature relating to air emissions from vessels. |
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| | | Sec. 7. Discharge prior to January 1, 2006. Notwithstanding the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 423-D, subsection 4, | | paragraph A, beginning on the effective date of this Act and | | ending January 1, 2006, the owner or operator of a large | | commercial passenger vessel may discharge graywater or a mixture | | of graywater and blackwater to coastal waters if the vessel is | | authorized to discharge graywater or a mixture of graywater and | | blackwater in Alaska pursuant to the federal Consolidated | | Appropriations Act of 2001, Public Law 106-554, Section 1(a)(4) | | and Appendix D, Division B, Title XIV, Section 1404(b) or (c), | | 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-316. |
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| | | Sec. 8. General permit; legislative intent. It is the intent of the | | Legislature that the regulation of graywater and graywater and | | blackwater mixture discharges from large commercial passenger | | vessels that are equipped with wastewater treatment systems that | | require continuous discharge be consistent with the |
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