Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Develop Quantitative Odor Management Standards

Sec. 1. Septage and wastewater treatment sludge processing; odor management rules. Resolved: That, by March 15, 2014, the Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt rules concerning facilities that process wastewater treatment sludge from publicly owned treatment works and facilities that process septage that incorporate quantitative odor management standards. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. By March 30, 2014, the department shall submit a summary of the rules to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.