Maine § 38 §1306 Prohibition

Maine Statutes

§ 38 §1306 — Prohibition

Maine § 38 §1306

Title 38WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Ch. 13WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38, § 38 §1306 (2026).

Text

1.General prohibition. It is unlawful for any person to establish, construct, alter or operate any waste facility without a permit issued by the department.

2.On-site disposal of domestic septage; penalty.

3.Discharge of hazardous waste. The discharge of hazardous waste into or upon any waters of the State, or into or upon any land within the State's territorial boundaries or into the ambient air, is prohibited unless licensed or authorized under state or federal law.

4.Cathode ray tube disposal. Beginning 9 months after the department adopts rules pursuant to section 1610, subsection 5, paragraph D, subparagraph (1), a person may not dispose of a cathode ray tube in a solid waste disposal facility. This subsection may not be construed to affect existing laws, rules or regulations gove

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1.
General prohibition.
It is unlawful for any person to establish, construct, alter or operate any waste facility without a permit issued by the department.
2.
On-site disposal of domestic septage; penalty.
3.
Discharge of hazardous waste.
The discharge of hazardous waste into or upon any waters of the State, or into or upon any land within the State's territorial boundaries or into the ambient air, is prohibited unless licensed or authorized under state or federal law.
4.
Cathode ray tube disposal.
Beginning 9 months after the department adopts rules pursuant to section 1610, subsection 5, paragraph D, subparagraph (1), a person may not dispose of a cathode ray tube in a solid waste disposal facility. This subsection may not be construed to affect existing laws, rules or regulations governing disposal of cathode ray tubes in effect prior to the adoption of rules pursuant to section 1610, subsection 5, paragraph D, subparagraph (1).
5.
Control of fluids from motor vehicles at junkyards, automobile graveyards and automobile recycling businesses.
Fluids must be controlled in accordance with the following.
6.
Construction and demolition debris.
The substitution of wood from construction and demolition debris for conventional fuels used in a boiler may not exceed 50% of total fuel by weight combusted on an average annual basis.
7.
Prohibitions on land application of sludge and sale and distribution of compost and other agricultural products and materials containing sludge and septage.
This subsection governs the land application of sludge and the sale and distribution of compost and other agricultural products and materials containing sludge and septage.

Legislative History

PL 1973, c. 387 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 383, §10 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 663, §237 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 699, §13 (RP). PL 1981, c. 430, §12 (RPR). PL 1983, c. 726, §3 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 481, §A98 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 612, §19 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B232 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 150, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 247, §6 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 247, §7 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 330, §28 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 617, §1 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 641, §§4, 5 (AMD).