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Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of Chapter 200: Metallic Mineral Exploration, Advanced Exploration and Mining, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of the Department of Environmental Protection that has been submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A outside the legislative rule acceptance period, is authorized only if the rule is amended as follows:
1. All necessary corrections are made to the Table of Contents so as to correspond with the page numbers and the subchapter, section or subsection titles within the rule; and
2. All other necessary grammatical, formatting, punctuation or other technical editing changes are made to the rule, including the removal of strikethrough letters or words remaining from prior drafts.
Substantive changes to the content of the rule are not authorized under this section.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee, amends the resolve to authorize final adoption of Chapter 200: Metallic Mineral Exploration, Advanced Exploration and Mining, a major substantive rule of the Department of Environmental Protection that was filed outside the legislative rule acceptance period, only if the rule is amended to make necessary nonsubstantive grammatical, formatting, punctuation or other technical editing changes.