| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1851, as amended by PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. A, §89, | | is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §1851.__State cost-share program for salt and sand storage |
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| | | The Department of Transportation may administer funds for the | | construction of municipal or county salt and sand storage | | facilities in order to reduce salt pollution of ground and | | surface waters.__In administering these funds, the department | | shall provide reimbursement to municipal and county governmental | | entities for approved projects in the following order, according | | to priorities established pursuant to Title 38, section 411: |
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| | | 1.__Priority 1 projects.__Priority 1 projects, as long as the | | site was registered with the Department of Environmental | | Protection pursuant to Title 38, section 413 before October 15, | | 1997, regardless of the date the priority rating was designated; |
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| | | 2.__Priority 2 projects.__Priority 2 projects, as long as the | | site was registered with the Department of Environmental | | Protection pursuant to Title 38, section 413 before October 15, | | 1997, regardless of the date the priority rating was designated; |
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| | | 3.__Priority 3 projects.__Priority 3 projects that were | | designated before October 15, 1997 and continue to be so | | designated on April 1, 2000; |
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| | | 4.__Priority 4 projects.__Priority 4 projects that were | | constructed before January 1, 1999 with plans and financial | | information submitted to the Department of Transportation by | | November 1, 1999; |
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| | | 5.__Priority changes.__Priority 3 projects designated on April | | 1, 2000 that were designated Priority 4 projects as of October | | 15, 1997; |
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| | | 6.__Priority 5 projects.__Priority 5 projects that were | | constructed before January 1, 1999, with plans and financial | | information submitted to the Department of Transportation by | | November 1, 1999; |
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| | | 7.__Other projects.__All other projects eligible for | | reimbursement.__Priority 4 and Priority 5 sites designated on | | April 1, 2000, are not eligible for reimbursement. |
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| | | Allocation of funds must be based upon the sum of 25% of the | | expenses permitted plus 1.25 times the ratio of miles of state |
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