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LD 301 Title Page An Act to Amend the Open-burning Laws BY REQUEST Page 2 of 2
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §9321, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 1997, c. 512, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
G. The presence or availability of sufficient force and
equipment to control the burning; and

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §9321, sub-§1, ¶H, as amended by PL 1997, c. 672, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
H. Experience and capability of the permittee in the safe
use and control of the proposed burning; .

 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §9321, sub-§1, ¶I, as amended by PL 1997, c. 672, §2,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §9321, sub-§1, ¶J, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 672, §3,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §9324, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 512, §5, is
amended to read:

 
7. Trash. Out-of-door burning of highly combustible trash is
prohibited where municipal trash collection service is available
and will accept those materials. Out-of-door burning of highly
combustible trash, plastics, rubber, styrofoam, metals, food
wastes or chemicals is prohibited in all areas of the State.

 
For purposes of this subsection, the following terms have term
has the following meanings meaning.

 
A. "Highly combustible trash" means wooden boxes or other
wood material, paper and cardboard.

 
B. "Municipal trash collection service" means any curbside
trash collection service that is operated or contracted for
by the municipality or that is required by municipal
ordinance.

 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §9324, sub-§8 is enacted to read:

 
8.__Demolition debris.__The burning of demolition debris at
solid waste disposal facilities is prohibited.

 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §9325, sub-§1, ¶E, as repealed and replaced by PL 1997,
c. 512, §6, is repealed.

 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §9325, sub-§1, ¶J, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 36, §4, is
amended to read:


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