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Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "shall" and inserting the following: 'may'
Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 1 in the last paragraph in the first line (page 1, line 13 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "The" and inserting the following: 'If the office enters into an agreement for the acquisition of the disposal facility, the'
Amend the resolve in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 19 to 23 in L.D.)
Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 4 in the first line (page 1, line 28 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "The" and inserting the following: 'If the type of waste permitted to be disposed of at the disposal facility changes, the'
Amend the resolve in section 1 in subsection 4 in paragraph D in the last line (page 2, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and be it further"
Amend the resolve in section 1 by inserting after subsection 4 the following:
‘5. Nothing in this resolve permits the abrogation of, abrogates or intends to abrogate the sovereign immunity of the State with respect to any agreement authorized under this resolve; and be it further’
Amend the resolve in section 1 to renumber the subsections to read consecutively.
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 10 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "on" the following: 'actions taken related to'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, amends the resolve in the following ways.
1. It authorizes the Executive Department, State Planning Office to acquire, own and cause to be operated an existing solid waste disposal facility in the Town of East Millinocket. The resolve directs the State Planning Office to take those actions.
2. It strikes a provision in the resolve that requires the acquisition agreement to provide that the current owner of the disposal facility and the owner's successors and assigns in the ownership of the pulp and paper mills have the right to dispose of sludge, ash and other wastes generated at the facilities.
3. It modifies the provision in the resolve requiring the municipal officers of the towns to establish a joint citizen advisory committee by clarifying that a joint citizen advisory committee must be established if the type of waste permitted to be disposed of at the disposal facility changes.
4. It adds a provision that expressly preserves the sovereign immunity of the State with respect to any agreement authorized under the resolve.