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LR 1770
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §198, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 708, §19,
is further amended to read:

 
A. Section 1760, subsections 11 to 30 28; and

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §655, sub-§1, ¶N, as repealed and replaced by PL 1973,
c. 592, §13, is amended to read:

 
N. Water pollution control facilities and air pollution
control facilities as defined in section 656, subsection 1,
paragraph E. and clean production systems as defined in
section 656, subsection 1, paragraph K;

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §656, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt.
A, §9 and affected by §40, is further amended to read:

 
E. Pollution control facilities.

 
(1) Water pollution control facilities having a capacity
to handle at least 4,000 gallons of waste per day,
certified as such by the Commissioner of Environmental
Protection, and all parts and accessories thereof.

 
As used in this paragraph, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following
meanings.

 
(a) "Facility" means any disposal system or any
treatment works, appliance, equipment, machinery,
installation or structures installed, acquired or
placed in operation primarily for the purpose of
reducing, controlling or eliminating water
pollution caused by industrial, commercial or
domestic waste.

 
(b) "Disposal system" means any system used primarily
for disposing of or isolating industrial,
commercial or domestic waste and includes
thickeners, incinerators, pipelines or conduits,
pumping stations, force mains and all other
constructions, devices, appurtenances and
facilities used for collecting or conducting water
borne industrial, commercial or domestic waste to
a point of disposal, treatment or isolation,
except that which is necessary to the manufacture
of products.


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