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| | | An Act To Permit Supplemental Environmental Projects for |
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| | | Forest Practices Violations |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §8870, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 694, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §8870, sub-§5 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 5.__Supplemental environmental projects.__In settling a civil | | enforcement action for any violation of this subchapter or any | | rule adopted under this subchapter, the parties may agree to a | | supplemental environmental project that mitigates not more than | | 80% of the assessed penalty.__"Supplemental environmental | | project" means an environmentally beneficial project primarily | | benefiting the public health or the environment that a violator | | is not otherwise required or likely to perform. |
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| | | A.__An eligible supplemental environmental project is | | limited to the following categories: |
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| | | (1)__Environmental enhancement projects in the same | | ecosystem or geographic area of the violation that | | significantly improve an area beyond what is required | | to remediate any damage caused by the violation that is | | the subject of the enforcement action; |
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| | | (2)__Community forestry projects in the same ecosystem | | or geographic area of the violation that are conducted | | in accordance with the purposes of section 8705; |
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