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| | | Resolve, To Study the Implementation of a Plan To Prohibit |
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| | | the Discharge of Certain Wastewater into Coastal Waters |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts and resolves of the Legislature do | | not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless | | enacted as emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, this resolve directs the Department of Environmental | | Protection to develop a plan for prohibiting or regulating the | | discharge of sewage and gray water from vessels into the coastal | | waters of the State; and |
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| | | Whereas, this resolve is necessary as an emergency measure to | | afford adequate time for the issues to be appropriately addressed | | by the department; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, be it |
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| | | Sec. 1. Stakeholder group established. Resolved: That the Department of | | Environmental Protection shall convene a stakeholder group to | | assist the department in developing a recommended plan for | | prohibiting or regulating the discharge of sewage and gray water | | from vessels into the coastal waters of the State. The | | stakeholder group must be convened no later than 30 days after | | the effective date of this resolve; and be it further |
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