5. It provides that any written permission to reduce a buffer from a property line in the laws governing borrow pits must remain in effect until mining ceases and must be recorded in the registry of deeds.

6. It amends the erosion and sedimentation standard in the laws governing borrow pits to provide that areas that are not naturally internally drained must meet the standards of the laws governing erosion and sedimentation control in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 420-C.

7. It repeals and replaces the existing surface water protection and storm water standards in the laws governing borrow pits. The new provision clarifies when the storm water standards of Title 38, section 420-D must be met in regard to externally drained areas. It also indicates that a waste discharge must meet standards and obtain authorization pursuant to Title 38, section 413 if required.

8. It adds a numeric standard for fugitive dust emissions to the laws governing borrow pits.

9. It authorizes the department to grant a release from requirements of the borrow pit law after reclamation of the affected area. The department would be required to inspect the site before the release, and the release would terminate if any further excavation was proposed on the parcel for borrow, clay, topsoil or silt.

10. It clarifies that reclamation of the land affected by mining may include development of the site for residential, commercial, recreational or industrial use under the quarry law.

11. It provides that comments submitted in relation to a