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Amend the amendment in Part B by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 (page 3, lines 32 to 40 and page 4, lines 1 and 2 in amendment) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. B-1. Implementation of recommendations. The Department of Marine Resources, working with the federal Food and Drug Administration and interested parties, in consultation with the Shellfish Advisory Council under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6038, shall implement in an orderly fashion all recommendations of the review conducted pursuant to Resolve 2007, chapter 82; except that, for the recommendation of the review requiring additional staff to comply with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program model ordinance requirements, the Department of Marine Resources shall report by January 15, 2009 with a plan for implementing that recommendation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources matters.
Sec. B-2. Water quality test projects. The Department of Marine Resources shall undertake 2 or more projects within 18 months of the effective date of this Act under which a municipality contracts with a private laboratory, certified by the department, to conduct water quality tests. The department shall as part of the certification process request and review the past practices or service record for an entity that seeks to be certified by the department.’
Amend the amendment in Part B by striking out all of section 4.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment delays the implementation of the review concerning additional staff to comply with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program model ordinance requirements. It requires the Department of Marine Resources to report by January 15, 2009 with a plan to implement that recommendation. The amendment also increases by 6 months the time during which the 2 or more water quality test projects must occur.
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