Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3304, sub-§3, ¶M, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. DD, §7, is amended to read:

M. Administer any emergency fuel allocation program described in section 3307-D and have Have the authority to collect inventory and product delivery data from the State's primary storage facilities of petroleum products, as described in section 3307-C, and shall afford confidential treatment to that information; and

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3307-C, sub-§5, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 758, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3307-C, sub-§5, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 758, §3, is amended to read:

B. If the State Planning Office determines, based on available information, that there is or may be a significant shortfall in supply inventories or anticipated deliveries into the State of home heating oil or kerosene, a report including:

(1) The information that suggests a supply shortfall;

(2) Current and anticipated inventories of home heating oil and kerosene storage supplies; and

(3) Any recommendations of the State Planning Office for actions by the State in response to the anticipated supply shortfall.

Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §3307-D, as amended by PL 1997, c. 455, §31, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill repeals language requiring the State Planning Office to report annually to the Legislature on statewide storage inventory of petroleum products and expands the State Planning Office's duty to report on projected shortfalls to include projected shortfalls of kerosene. This bill also repeals the section of law establishing the State's petroleum set-aside system.