125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1846 LR 2807(03)
Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Adopt Rules Pertaining to Petroleum Storage and Gravel Pits
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (S-485)
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
             
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill provides that the emergency rule and the non-emergency rule following adoption of an emergency rule allowing above-ground oil storage tanks to be located in significant sand and gravel aquifers are routine technical rules rather than major substantive rules, and that subsequent amendments to the rule are major substantive rules. The use of the routine rulemaking processes in these instances will reduce the costs of rulemaking to the Department of Environmental Protection. Any additional costs to adopt these rules related to above-ground oil storage tanks can be absorbed by the Department of Environmental Protection within existing budgeted resources.