An Act To Allow the Board of Environmental Protection To Make Changes through Routine Technical Rulemaking to Federally Based Screening Levels for the Beneficial Use of Solid Waste
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1304, sub-§1-D is enacted to read:
1-D. Rules; beneficial use of solid waste. Rules adopted or amended by the board relating to the beneficial use of solid waste are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, except that revisions to screening levels for beneficial use derived using the standard risk assessment protocols of the United States Environmental Protection Agency are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
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This bill allows the Board of Environmental Protection to make changes to its rules regarding federally based screening levels for the beneficial use of solid waste as routine technical rulemaking pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.