This bill, which is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 464, subsection
3, paragraph B, implements the recommendations of the Board of Environmental Protection resulting from its review of the State's water quality classification system and
39 related water quality standards. As recommended by the board, the bill includes specific
40 updates to certain water quality standards and water quality classifications based on water
41 quality data and recommendations made by the United States Environmental Protection
42 Agency, the Department of Environmental Protection and other persons. The committee has not taken a position on the substance of the bill and by reporting this bill out, the committee is not suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees or disagrees with any aspect of this bill. The committee is reporting the bill out for the sole purpose of obtaining a printed bill that can be referred to the committee for a public hearing and subsequent committee action in the normal course.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2187, SP 892: 38.465, 38.467