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area. The notice may be given by mailing a copy of the application | at least 7 and not more than 14 days before the hearing. |
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| | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 312, §9, | is amended to read: |
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| | 4. Public and private water supplies. A permit may not be | granted for an automobile graveyard, junkyard or automobile | recycling business that handles junk, scrap metal, vehicles or | other solid waste within 300 feet of a well that serves as a | public or private water supply. This prohibition does not | include a private well that serves only the automobile graveyard, | junkyard, automobile recycling business or the owner's or | operator's abutting residence. This prohibition does not apply | to wells installed after an automobile graveyard, junkyard or | automobile recycling business has already received a permit under | section 3753. |
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| Automobile graveyards, junkyards and automobile recycling | businesses operating under the terms of permits issued prior to | the effective date of this subsection and handling junk, scrap | metal, vehicles or other solid waste within 300 feet of wells | that serve as public or private water supplies may continue to | operate in those locations under the terms of those permits. | Municipal officers or county commissioners may renew a permit | allowing the continued handling of junk, scrap metal, vehicles or | other solid waste within 300 feet of a well serving as a public | or private water supply as long as no further encroachment toward | the well occurs and there is no evidence of contamination of the | well. The municipal officers or county commissioners may not | renew a permit if there is substantial, credible evidence that | the permitted activities have caused contamination of the well. |
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| | Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, sub-§5, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 312, | §9, is amended to read: |
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| D. Junkyard and automobile graveyard owners must | demonstrate at the time of licensing that the facility or | facilities for which they seek permits are, or are part of, | a viable business entity and the facility or facilities are | actively engaged in the business of salvaging, recycling, | dismantling, processing, repairing or rebuilding junk or | vehicles for the purpose of sale, or trade or personal use. |
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| | Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, sub-§10 is enacted to read: |
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| | 10.__Standard for permit.__The municipal officers or county | commissioners may issue a permit to an automobile graveyard, | automobile recycling business or junkyard if that automobile |
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