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Environmental Protection, Board of Environmental Protection. The | | municipal officers of the City of Old Town and the Town of Alton | shall establish a joint citizen advisory committee consisting of 7 | 9 members, of which 5 must be from the City of Old Town and | | the Town of Alton and 2 from the Penobscot Nation. In appointing | | members to the committee, the municipal officers shall use Title | | 38, section 2171, subsection 1 as guidance. The Penobscot Nation | | shall appoint 2 members of the committee. The committee shall meet | | as soon as practical following appointment of its members and shall | | select a chair from among its members. The committee shall | | establish procedures for the conduct of meetings. The committee | | may: |
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| | | A. Review proposed contracts, site analyses, applications | | and other documents relating to the construction, permitting | | and operation of the disposal facility; |
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| | | B. Hold periodic public meetings to solicit the opinions of | | residents concerning the disposal facility and any permit | | applications, contracts or other provisions relating to the | | disposal facility; |
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| | | C. Provide the disposal facility operator and office with | | any alternative contract provisions, permit conditions, | plans or procedures the committee considers appropriate; and |
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| | | D. Serve as a liaison between the communities and the | | disposal facility operator or the office to facilitate | | communications during the development and operation of the | | disposal facility and provide residents with updated | | information about the project, including providing | explanations of any technical terms; and be it further |
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| | | E.__Serve as a liaison between the Penobscot Nation and the | | disposal facility operator or the office to facilitate | | communications during the development and operation of the | | disposal facility and provide members of the Penobscot | | Nation with updated information about the project, including | | providing explanations of any technical terms; and be it | | further |
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| | | This bill requires a public hearing for an increase in height | | of a landfill accepting special waste and specifies that the | | applicant shall pay the Department of Environmental Protection's | | costs in processing the application. It also amends the law | | governing the joint citizen advisory committee for the West Old | | Town Landfill to include 2 representatives of the Penobscot | | Nation. |
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