| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 2-A.__Air pollutants.__"Air pollutants" includes, but is not | | limited to, polychlorinated dioxins, furans, biphenyls, | | polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds | | and hazardous metals such as arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, | | chromium, lead, nickel and mercury, whether or not such | | substances are also considered hazardous air pollutants. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§7-E, as amended by PL 1991, c. 220, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 7-E. Incinerator. "Incinerator" means any device, | | apparatus or equipment used for destroying, reducing or | salvaging by fire any material or substance, but does not | include any device, apparatus or equipment used to burn | material-separated, including solid waste, municipal solid | | waste, special waste and refuse-derived fuel. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§9-E is enacted to read: |
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| | | 9-E.__Privately owned.__"Privately owned" means 50% or more | | of the ownership interests of the given entity are possessed | | or controlled by nongovernmental entities. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§11-B, as amended by PL 1991, c. 220, §4, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 11-B. Solid waste fuel-burning equipment. "Solid waste | | fuel-burning equipment" means any furnace, boiler or | | apparatus, and all appurtenances thereto, capable of burning | | solid waste fuel for the primary purpose of producing thermal | energy. Equipment used to burn or capable of burning | | material-separated, refuse-derived fuel either alone or with | another fuel other than solid waste fuel or refuse-derived | fuel as defined in section 1303-C is not solid waste fuel- | burning equipment. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §585-I is enacted to read: |
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| | | §585-I.__Air pollutant monitoring and emission control |
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| | | 1.__Continuous emissions monitoring.__A privately owned | | facility operating an incinerator shall install equipment, in | | consultation with the department, that will operate | | continuously on a 24-hour basis without interruption to | | monitor all air pollutants and is capable of recording daily | | testing for later review and analysis. |
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