Sec. 2. Rulemaking. The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt rules to define "dangerous or unsafe material" under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1316-O, subsection 1. In developing proposed rules under this section, the department shall consider for inclusion as dangerous or unsafe materials those materials and items that the United States Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration has prohibited on passenger airplanes in a passenger's carry-on baggage.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

SUMMARY

Current law does not specifically prohibit a person from intentionally concealing and disposing of potentially dangerous items such as propane tanks. This bill makes it a Class E crime to knowingly conceal dangerous or unsafe material and dispose of that material in a solid waste facility.