CHAPTER 91

H.P. 214 - L.D. 289

An Act To Protect Consumers and To Modernize Heating Oil

Rules and Reporting Requirements

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3304, sub-§3, ¶M, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. DD, §7, is amended to read:

M. Administer any emergency fuel allocation program described in section 3307-D and have Have the authority to collect inventory and product delivery data from the State's primary storage facilities of petroleum products, as described in section 3307-C, and shall afford confidential treatment to that information; and

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3307-C, sub-§5, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 758, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3307-C, sub-§5, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 758, §3, is amended to read:

B. If the State Planning Office determines, based on available information, that there is or may be a significant shortfall in supply inventories or anticipated deliveries into the State of home heating oil or kerosene, a report including:

(1) The information that suggests a supply shortfall;

(2) Current and anticipated inventories of home heating oil and kerosene storage supplies; and