130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 809
S.P. 144 In Senate, March 5, 2021
An Act To Prohibit the Purging of Volatile Organic Compound
Gases from Oil Tankers in the Waters of Maine
Reference to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator MIRAMANT of Knox.
Cosponsored by Representative ZEIGLER of Montville and
Senators: BENNETT of Oxford, CARNEY of Cumberland, Representatives: DOUDERA of
Camden, EVANGELOS of Friendship, HEPLER of Woolwich, HUTCHINS of Penobscot,
McCREIGHT of Harpswell, McDONALD of Stonington.
Printed on recycled paper
1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §543-A is enacted to read:
3 §543-A. Purging of volatile organic compound gases prohibited
4 The purging of volatile organic compound gases from cargo holds or tanks into or upon
5 state waters is prohibited.
6 SUMMARY
7 This bill prohibits the purging of volatile organic compound gases from cargo holds or
8 tanks into or upon state waters.
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