Sec. B-1. Select commission established. The Select Commission to Study State Participation in Funding Cleanup and Remediation of Uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Sites, referred to in this Part as the "select commission," is established.
Sec. B-2. Membership. The select commission consists of 5 members appointed as follows.
1. The President of the Senate shall appoint 2 members from the Senate who serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
2. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 3 members of the House of Representatives who serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
Sec. B-3. Chairs. The first Senate member named is the Senate Chair and the first House member named is the House Chair.
Sec. B-4. Appointment; convening commission. All appointments must be made no later than 30 days following the effective date of this Part. The appointing authorities shall notify the Executive Director of the Legislative Council upon making their appointments. When the appointment of all members is complete, chairs of the select commission shall call and convene the first meeting of the select commission no later than 45 days following the effective date of this Part.
Sec. B-5. Duties. The select commission shall study state participation in funding cleanup and remediation of uncontrolled hazardous substance sites. The select commission shall also:
1. Evaluate the funding options available to help with the cleanup or remediation of uncontrolled hazardous substance sites, including an evaluation of the percentage of the total response costs payable by parties who are bankrupt, dissolved, insolvent or no longer in business or whose current identity or location can not be determined. In conducting this analysis, the select commission shall collaborate with the Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency;
2. Evaluate the components and substances at uncontrolled hazardous substance sites; and
3. Evaluate uncontrolled hazardous substance sites where, at the time that the hazardous waste was delivered to the site, the delivery of the waste was not illegal under federal or state law.
Sec. B-6. Staff assistance. Upon approval of the Legislative Council, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis shall provide necessary staffing services to the select commission.
Sec. B-7. Compensation. Legislative members of the select commission are entitled to receive the legislative per diem as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 2 and reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses for attendance at meetings.
Sec. B-8. Report. The select commission shall submit a report on its study along with any recommended legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources by December 31, 1999. Following the receipt of this report, the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources may introduce legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 119th Legislature. If the select commission requires an extension of time to make its report, it may apply to the Legislative Council, which may grant the extension.
Sec. B-9. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Part.
1999-00
LEGISLATURE
Select Commission to Study State Participation in Funding Cleanup and Remediation of Uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Sites
Personal Services $1,375
All Other 1,750
Provides funds for the per diem and expenses of legislative members for 5 meetings of the Select Commission to Study State Participation in Funding Cleanup and Remediation of Uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Sites and to print the required report.
LEGISLATURE ____________
TOTAL $3,125
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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