Public Input for Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rulemaking. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one - the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rulemaking if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rulemaking if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 §11112). WorldWide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rulemaking liaisons (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/liaisons.html), who are single points of contact for each agency.
PROPOSALS
AGENCY: 94-411 - Maine Public Employees Retirement System
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 201, Employer Reporting and Payments
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2024-P116
BRIEF SUMMARY: This rule governs payroll reporting by employers. The current rule has not been amended since it was adopted in 1985. The proposed rule repeals and replaces the current rule. The new proposed rule would set expectations for payroll reporting, submission of contributions, and payment of Group Life Insurance premiums and provide for late fees and interest.
PUBLIC HEARING: May 9, 2024, 10:45 a.m., Maine Public Employees Retirement System, 139 Capitol Street, Augusta, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 20, 2024
EMAIL FOR PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: rulemaking@mainepers.org
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Kathy J. Morin, Director, Actuarial and Legislative Affairs, Maine Public Employees Retirement System, P.O. Box 349, Augusta, ME 04332-0349. Telephone: 1-800-451-9800 or (207) 512-3190. Email: Kathy.Morin@mainepers.org
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): Costs to participating employers could result in terms of fees and interest, as established in the rule, if reporting deadlines are not met.
AGENCY: 09-137 - Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 16, Hunting: 16.08 - Moose Hunting (depredation hunt)
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2024-P117
BRIEF SUMMARY: The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is proposing amendments to Chapter 16 rules as they apply to the Depredation Hunt for moose. Currently, depredation hunt locations are limited to the ten (10) towns listed in the rule. Extending the locations to WMDs 3 and 6 will provide greater flexibility and increased ability to respond to immediate crop depredation by moose where it is happening outside the towns currently established in rule. Please contact the agency contact person for a complete copy of the rule proposal.
PUBLIC HEARING: None scheduled.
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 17, 2024
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING: Becky Orff, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 353 Water Street 41 SHS, Augusta, ME 04333; phone: 207-287-5202; fax: 207-287-6395; e-mail: Becky.Orff@maine.gov
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): No fiscal impact anticipated.
AGENCY: 12-179 - Department of Labor, Board of Occupational Safety and Health
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 6, Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in the Public Sector
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2024-P118
BRIEF SUMMARY: The purpose of this chapter is to update this rule to reflect changes to the incorporated by reference rules governing the recording of occupational injuries and illnesses as promulgated by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration at 29 CFR Part 1904, most recently amended on January 1, 2024
PUBLIC HEARING: None, unless requested pursuant to 5 M.R.S. § 8052(1).
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 17, 2024
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Isaac H. Gingras, Department of Labor, 54 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0054. Telephone: 207-626-6232. Email: Isaac.H.Gingras@maine.gov
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): No impact.
ADOPTIONS
Pursuant to Ch. 380 of the Public Laws of 2011, notice of the adoption of rules will no longer be published in the newspaper rulemaking notices; our Wednesday web notices will continue to carry them, however. Information on rules adopted through the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as well as the full text of adopted rules is available on the internet at http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules.