Public Input for Proposed Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rulemaking. 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 #03-18
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2018-P008
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 MRS §2954
PUBLIC HEARING: February 22, 2018, Thursday, starting at 4:00 p.m., Room 118, Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, Marquardt Building, Hospital Street, Augusta, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: February 22, 2018
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / MMC RULEMAKING LIAISON: Tim Drake, Maine Milk Commission, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7521. Email: Tim.Drake@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None
AGENCY: 99-626 - Maine Rural Development Authority
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 3, Rural Manufacturing and Industrial Site Redevelopment Program
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2018-P009
BRIEF SUMMARY: This rule implements PL 2017 ch. 174, including the application and award process for the Rural Manufacturing and Industrial Site Redevelopment Program established in 5 MRS §13120-R(1).
PUBLIC HEARING: None. One would be scheduled at the request of 5 or more persons.
COMMENT DEADLINE: March 2, 2018
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / AGENCY RULEMAKING LIAISON: Christopher Roney, General Counsel, Finance Authority of Maine, PO Box 949, Augusta, ME 04332-0949. Telephone: (207) 620-3520. Fax: (207) 213-2620. TTY: (207) 626-2717. Email: croney@famemaine.com .
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: The rule will not impose any costs on municipalities or counties.
AGENCY: 99-346 - Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing)
CHAPTER NUMBERS AND TITLES:
Ch. 2, Cooperation with Local Governments (Repeal)
Ch. 13, Allocation of State Ceiling for Housing-Related Bonds (Repeal)
Ch. 17, Natural Disaster Home Assistance Program (Repeal)
Ch. 21, Land Acquisition/Improvement and Housing Opportunity Zones Programs (Repeal)
PROPOSED RULE NUMBERS: 2018-P010 thru P013
BRIEF SUMMARY: The following rules are obsolete and being repealed: Ch. 2, Cooperation with Local Governments; Ch. 13, Allocation of State Ceiling for Housing-Related Bonds Rule; Ch. 17, Natural Disaster Home Assistance Program; and Ch. 21, Land Acquisition/Improvement and Housing Opportunity Zones Programs.
PUBLIC HEARING: A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. at Maine State Housing, 353 Water Street, Augusta, Maine 04330-4633. Maine State Housing Authority's office and the hearing room are accessible to persons with disabilities and, upon sufficient notice, appropriate communications auxiliary aids and services will be provided to persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency.
COMMENT DEADLINE: Friday, March 2, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / AGENCY RULEMAKING LIAISON: Linda Uhl, Chief Counsel, Maine State Housing Authority, 89 State House Station, 353 Water Street, Augusta, Maine 04330-4633. Telephone: (207) 626-4600, (800) 452-4668 (voice in state only). Maine Relay 711. Email: luhl@mainehousing.org . Upon sufficient notice, this notice and any of the rules will be made available in alternative formats for persons with disabilities and in alternative languages for persons with limited English proficiency.
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None
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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