NOTICE OF STATE RULEMAKING
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: 06-481 - Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Board of Underground Storage Tank Installers
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 3, Certification of Underground Oil Storage Tank Installers, and Ch. 6, Certification of Underground Oil Storage Tank Inspectors
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBERS: 2022-P089, P090
BRIEF SUMMARY: The Board proposes to amend Ch. 3 and Ch. 6 to discontinue the use of the terms "handicap," "handicapped" and "hearing impaired" in accordance with PL 2021 c. 348, "An Act To Discontinue the Use of the Terms "Handicap," "Handicapped" and "Hearing Impaired" in State Laws, Rules and Official Documents". The amendments replace the use of the word "handicap" with the word "disability". The proposal also updates citations by replacing M.R.S.A. with M.R.S.
PUBLIC HEARING: No public hearing is scheduled. There is a 30-day written comment period. A public hearing will be held if the Department receives 5 or more requests before the end of the comment period.
COMMENT DEADLINE: July 15, 2022
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Christopher Fournier, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7860. Email: Christopher.G.Fournier@Maine.gov.
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: none
AGENCY: 13-188 - Department of Marine Resources (DMR)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 25, Lobster and Crab (Technical Corrections)
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2022-P091
BRIEF SUMMARY: This proposed rule-making makes technical corrections to Ch. 25. Specifically, it provides accurate buoy colors and numbers in Linekin Bay, as well as correcting the name of an island which the owners have renamed "Oak Island". Finally, it clarifies that a harvester who is selling fish that they caught for bait is not a bait dealer.
PUBLIC HEARING: None scheduled
COMMENT DEADLINE: July 15, 2022
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Amanda Ellis, 21 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0021. Telephone: (207) 624-6573. Fax: (207) 624-6024. TTY: (2070 624-6500 (Deaf/Hard of Hearing). Email: dmr.rulemaking@maine.gov.
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None
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 .