Public Input for Proposed Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rule-making. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one - the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rule-making if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rule-making if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 §11112). World Wide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rule-making liaisons (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/liaisons.html), who are single points of contact for each agency.
PROPOSALS
AGENCY: 01-015 - Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF), Maine Milk Commission (MMC)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 3, Schedule of Minimum Prices, Order #05-16
PROPOSEDRULENUMBER: 2016-P040
BRIEF SUMMARY: The principal reason for this rule is the need to respond to Federal Order changes and to certain other conditions affecting prevailing Class I, II and III milk prices in Southern New England in accordance with 7 MRSA §2954
PUBLIC HEARING: April 21, 2016, Thursday, starting at 10:30 a.m., Room 233, Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, Deering Building, Hospital Street, Augusta, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: April 21, 2016
CONT ACT PERSON FOR THIS / SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION / MMC RULE-MAKING LIAISON: Tim Drake, Maine Milk Commission, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7521. E-mail: Tim.Drake@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None
AGENCY: 10-144 - Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), Maine CDC - Environmental & Occupational Health Program
RULE TITLE OR SUBJECT: Ch. 292, Rules Relating to the Lead Poisoning Control Act
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2016-P041
CONCISE SUMMARY: These proposed changes to the Maine Rules Relating to the Lead Poisoning Control Act clarify requirements relating to the scope of Environmental Lead Hazard Investigations when a lead poisoned child is found, clarify requirements for supplying substitute dwelling units, describe certain requirements regarding inspections, posting and abatement orders, as well as clarify enforcement authority for violations of the Act. Specifically, these proposed changes create a new definition of a lead poisoned child, which is based on the new lower federal reference level for blood lead (currently 5 ug/dL). In addition, these changes include a more thorough explanation of the administrative penalty process, for violations of the Lead Poisoning Control Act. (Previously, enforcement only referred to violations as a Class E crime).
PUBLIC HEARING: 2:00 p.m., April 27, 2016, Key Bank Plaza, 286 Water Street, Augusta, Maine
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: May 9, 2016
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Tera Pare, J.D., Rule-making Coordinator, Maine CDC - Division of Environmental Health, 11 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0011. Telephone: (207) 287-5680. TTY: 711 (Maine Relay). E-mail: Tera.Pare@Maine.gov .
THIS RULE WILL NOT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES.
ADOPTIONS
Pursuant to Ch. 380 of the Public Laws of 2011, notice of the adoption of rules will no longer be published in the newspaper rule-making notices; our Wednesday web notices will continue to carry them, however. Information on rules adopted through the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as well as the full text of adopted rules is available on the internet at http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules .
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