The department shall establish, as part of a municipal landfill closure and remediation plan, reasonable time schedules for the implementation of the plan. [PL 1993, c. 732, Pt. C, §18 (AMD).]
1. Criteria. In establishing the time schedule, the department shall consider the following criteria:
A. The level of environmental and public health hazard posed by the landfill in its current state; [PL 1987, c. 517, §25 (NEW).]
B. The availability of reasonable, alternative disposal options available to the municipality following closure of the existing landfill; [PL 1993, c. 732, Pt. C, §18 (AMD).]
C. The period reasonably needed by the municipality to raise its share of plan costs; and [PL 1993, c. 732, Pt. C, §18 (AMD).]
D. The availability of state cost-share funds for the project. [PL 1993, c. 732, Pt. C, §18 (NEW).]

[PL 1993, c. 732, Pt. C, §18 (AMD).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1310-G

  • Closure: means the completion of those activities specified in this article or in rules adopted pursuant to this article or a department closing order as appropriate, including, but not limited to, the placement of a cover or cap as a barrier over a landfill in order to minimize the infiltration of precipitation into the waste contained in the landfill. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1310-C
  • Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage into or on land, air or water and the incineration of solid waste, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage so that the hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage or a constituent of the hazardous, biomedical or solid waste, waste oil, refuse-derived fuel, sludge or septage may enter the environment or be emitted into the air, or discharged into waters, including ground waters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1303-C
  • Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • remediation: includes but is not limited to installation of landfill leachate collection and treatment systems; vapor extraction systems; ground water collection and treatment; or slurry walls. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1310-C
2. Violation of schedule.

[PL 1993, c. 355, §50 (RP).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 517, §25 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B239 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 355, §50 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 732, §C18 (AMD).
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