| | | 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 or | | junkyard if that automobile graveyard or junkyard meets the | | operating standards set forth in subsection 5. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §3754-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 312, §9, is | | amended by adding a new last paragraph to read: |
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| | | For purposes of revocation or suspension of a permit pursuant | | to section 3758-A, subsection 5, each of the standards set forth | | in this section is a condition of a permit. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 30-A MRSA §3756, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 312, §12, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Graveyard or junkyard. Fifty dollars for each application | | for an automobile graveyard or junkyard plus the cost of posting | | and publishing the notice under section 3754; |
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| | | Sec. 8. 30-A MRSA §3758-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 312, §14, | | is amended to read: |
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