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An Act Regarding the Confidentiality of Railroad Carrier Cargo
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶S, as amended by PL 2013, c. 518, §2, is further amended to read:
 
S. E-mail addresses obtained by a political subdivision of the State for the sole purpose of disseminating noninteractive notifications, updates and cancellations that are issued from the political subdivision or its elected officers to an individual or individuals that request or regularly accept these noninteractive communications; and
Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶T, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 518, §3, is amended to read:
 
T. Records describing research for the development of processing techniques for fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing or the design and operation of a depuration plant in the possession of the Department of Marine Resources.; and
Sec. 3.  1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶U  is enacted to read:
 
U.  Records provided by a railroad company describing hazardous materials transported by the railroad company in this State, the routes of hazardous materials shipments and the frequency of hazardous materials operations on those routes that are in the possession of a state or local emergency management entity or law enforcement agency, a fire department or other first responder. For the purposes of this paragraph, "hazardous material" has the same meaning as set forth in 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 105.5.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 127th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.