Amend the bill in section 1 in §1562-A in the headnote (page 1, line 3 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " outdoor" and inserting the following: ' a'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1562-A in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraphs A to C (page 1, lines 6 to 13 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘ A. "Nuisance" means the emission of air contaminants to the outdoor atmosphere of a quantity, characteristic or duration that may be injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property or that unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
B. "Opacity" means the degree to which emissions other than water reduce the transmission of light and obscure the view of an object in the background.
C. "Residential area" means an area that has been zoned residential in a municipal ordinance or an area that has been designated in the municipality's comprehensive plan developed pursuant to Title 30-A, chapter 187 as a growth area. "Residential area" does not include any area that is designated as rural in the municipality's comprehensive plan or in zoning by the municipality.’
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1562-A in subsection 2 in the first line (page 1, line 14 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " densely populated area an outdoor" and inserting the following: ' residential area a'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1562-A in subsection 2 in the last line (page 1, line 21 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " not less than $10 nor more than"
Amend the bill in section 1 in §1562-A by inserting after subsection 2 the following:
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, amends the bill to apply to all wood-burning devices rather than only outdoor wood-burning devices. The bill does not apply to outdoor wood boilers that are governed by the Department of Environmental Protection. The amendment removes the definition for "densely populated area" and adds a definition for "residential area" that includes residential zoning and areas that are designated growth areas in a municipal comprehensive plan. It removes the range of fines that may be adjudged from between $10 and $100 and instead specifies a fine of $100. Emissions generated by wood-burning devices during the course of a ceremony of a federally recognized Indian tribe are exempt from the emissions regulation.