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area. The notice may be given by mailing a copy of the application | | at least 7 and not more than 14 days before the hearing. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 312, §9, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Public and private water supplies. A permit may not be | | granted for an automobile graveyard, junkyard or automobile | | recycling business that handles junk, scrap metal, vehicles or | | other solid waste within 300 feet of a well that serves as a | | public or private water supply. This prohibition does not | | include a private well that serves only the automobile graveyard, | | junkyard, automobile recycling business or the owner's or | | operator's abutting residence. This prohibition does not apply | | to wells installed after an automobile graveyard, junkyard or | | automobile recycling business has already received a permit under | | section 3753. |
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| | | Automobile graveyards, junkyards and automobile recycling | | businesses operating under the terms of permits issued prior to | | the effective date of this subsection and handling junk, scrap | | metal, vehicles or other solid waste within 300 feet of wells | | that serve as public or private water supplies may continue to | | operate in those locations under the terms of those permits. | | Municipal officers or county commissioners may renew a permit | | allowing the continued handling of junk, scrap metal, vehicles or | | other solid waste within 300 feet of a well serving as a public | | or private water supply as long as no further encroachment toward | the well occurs and there is no evidence of contamination of the | well | | renew a permit if there is substantial, credible evidence that | | the permitted activities have caused contamination of the well. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, sub-§5, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 312, | | §9, is amended to read: |
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| | | D. Junkyard and automobile graveyard owners must | | demonstrate at the time of licensing that the facility or | | facilities for which they seek permits are, or are part of, | | a viable business entity and the facility or facilities are | | actively engaged in the business of salvaging, recycling, | | dismantling, processing, repairing or rebuilding junk or | vehicles for the purpose of sale,or personal use |
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| | | Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, sub-§10 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 10.__Standard for permit.__The municipal officers or county | | commissioners may issue a permit to an automobile graveyard, | | automobile recycling business or junkyard if that automobile |
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