PLEASE NOTE: Legislative Information cannot perform research, provide legal advice, or interpret Maine law. For legal assistance, please contact a qualified attorney.
An Act Regarding Solid Waste Facilities
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1310-X, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 68, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
B.  The department determines that the proposed expansion is contiguous with the existing facility and:
 
(1) Is located on property owned on December 31, 1989 by the licensee or by a corporation or other business entity under common ownership or control with the licensee; or
 
(2) For a commercial solid waste disposal facility that is a landfill that is not under order or agreement to close, is located on property owned by the licensee; and
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the law that prohibits expansion of commercial solid waste disposal facilities by authorizing a commercial landfill that is not under an order or agreement to close to expand if the proposed expansion is contiguous with the existing facility and is located on property owned by the person holding the commercial solid waste facility license. Current law requires that the proposed expansion be contiguous with the existing facility and be located on property owned on December 31, 1989 by the licensee or by a corporation or other business entity under common ownership or control with the licensee.