Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 419-B – Goals for dates of removal of transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls
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The State’s goals for the dates of removal of transformers owned by public utilities that contain polychlorinated biphenyls in concentrations at or above 50 parts per million are as follows. For the purposes of this section, removal of a transformer that contains polychlorinated biphenyls may be accomplished through the retrofilling of the transformer with oil that contains polychlorinated biphenyls in concentrations below 50 parts per million. [PL 1999, c. 193, §1 (NEW).]
1. Transformers near surface waters. The goal for the date of removal of pole-mounted or pad-mounted transformers owned by public utilities that contain polychlorinated biphenyls in concentrations at or above 50 parts per million and that are located within 100 feet of any surface water or an elementary school or secondary school as defined in Title 20?A, section 1 is October 1, 2005.
For the purposes of this subsection, “surface water” means a wetland mapped by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wetlands Inventory project; a great pond as defined in section 480?B; or a river, stream or brook as defined in section 480?B.
[PL 1999, c. 193, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 419-B
- Great pond: means any inland body of water which in a natural state has a surface area in excess of 10 acres and any inland body of water artificially formed or increased which has a surface area in excess of 30 acres except for the purposes of this article, where the artificially formed or increased inland body of water is completely surrounded by land held by a single owner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A
- River: means a free-flowing body of water including its associated flood plain wetlands from that point at which it provides drainage for a watershed of 25 square miles to its mouth. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A
- Stream: means a free-flowing body of water from the outlet of a great pond or the confluence of 2 perennial streams as depicted on the most recent, highest resolution version of the national hydrography dataset available from the United States Geological Survey on the website of the United States Geological Survey or the national map to the point where the stream becomes a river or where the stream meets the shoreland zone of another water body or wetland. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Remaining transformers. Subject to a utility’s existing commercial storage facility license for polychlorinated biphenyls issued by the department, the goal for the date of removal of all pole-mounted or pad-mounted transformers, other than those described in subsection 1, owned by public utilities that contain polychlorinated biphenyls in concentrations at or above 50 parts per million is October 1, 2011.
[PL 1999, c. 193, §1 (NEW).]
3. Uninterruptible service. The dates in this section may be extended to allow for adequate planning for the removal of transformers that provide electrical service to institutions for which service may not be interrupted without extensive planning, including, but not limited to, hospitals and schools.
[PL 1999, c. 193, §1 (NEW).]
4. Exception. This section does not apply to transformers located in substations.
[PL 1999, c. 193, §1 (NEW).]
5. Voluntary goals. A public utility is not required to meet the goals in this section.
[PL 1999, c. 193, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 193, §1 (NEW).