‘ The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
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First Special Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF |
LR 2877 Item 11 |
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Amend the amendment in section 2 in §1694 by striking out all of the last paragraph (page 4, lines 5 and 6 in amendment) and inserting the following:
‘ The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
summary
Under Committee Amendment "A," the identification of priority chemicals by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection is exempt from the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. This amendment removes that exemption and requires the identification to be done through major substantive rulemaking.