‘Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§5-C is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§5-D is enacted to read:
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§5-E is enacted to read:
Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §603-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 504, §10, is amended to read:
Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §603-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 657, §24, is further amended to read:
(1) In the Central Maine, Downeast, Aroostook County and Northwest Maine Air Quality Control Regions, no person may use any liquid fossil fuel with a sulfur content greater than 2.5% until November 1, 1991, and 2.0% by weight any time thereafter. In the Metropolitan Portland Air Quality Control Region outside the Portland Peninsula Air Quality Control Region, no person may use any liquid fossil fuel with a sulfur content greater than 2.5% until November 1, 1991, and 2.0% by weight any time thereafter.
(2) In the Portland Peninsula Air Quality Control Region, no person may use any liquid fossil fuel with a sulfur content greater than 1.5% by weight any time after November 1, 1975.
(1) 1.2 One and two-tenths pounds sulfur per million British Thermal Units until November 1, 1991, and .96 pounds sulfur per million British Thermal Units thereafter, calculated as a calendar quarter average for sources in the Central Maine, Downeast, Aroostook County, Northwest Maine Air Quality Control Regions and that portion of the Metropolitan Portland Air Quality Region outside the Portland Peninsula Air Quality Region. A calendar quarter shall be is composed of the months as follows: (1) January, February, March; (2) April, May, June; (3) July, August, September; and (4) October, November, December; and
(2) 0.72 Seventy-two hundredths pounds sulfur per million British Thermal Units calculated as a calendar quarter average for sources in the Portland Peninsula Air Quality Region. A calendar quarter shall be is composed of the months as follows: (1) January, February, March; (2) April, May, June; (3) July, August, September; and (4) October, November, December.
Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §603-A, sub-§8 is enacted to read:
(1) Require the use of sulfur oil having 1% or less of sulfur by weight; or
(2) Be equivalent to a 50% reduction in sulfur emissions from a BART eligible unit based on a BART eligible unit source emission baseline determined by the department under 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 51.308 (d)(3)(iii)(2006) and 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 51 Appendix Y (2006).
Sec. 7. Report. The Department of Environmental Protection shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources no later than January 15, 2008 with a plan to meet federal requirements on regional haze. The plan must contain, but is not limited to, an analysis of baseline conditions and an estimate of natural visibility conditions, reasonable progress goals for visibility improvement, an assessment of best available retrofit technology and a recommendation of those measures necessary to meet reasonable progress toward the goal of achieving natural visibility. The Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources may submit legislation on these issues to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.’