37-B §829. Enforcement
§829. Enforcement It is the duty of every agency for emergency management established pursuant to this chapter and of the officers to execute and enforce orders and rules adopted by the Governor under authority of this chapter. Each emergency management agency shall have available for inspection at its office all orders and rules made by […]
37-B §800. Trade secrets
§800. Trade secrets 1. Withholding information. Information that constitutes a trade secret may be withheld from the local emergency planning committee or fire department, and specific chemical names and identifications may be withheld in accordance with this subchapter if: A. The information has not been disclosed to any other person except the commission, the […]
37-B §801. Fees
§801. Fees 1. Fees required. The operators of any facility that is required to report to the State Emergency Response Commission under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499, Title III, Sections 311, 312 and 313, are subject to the fees adopted pursuant to subsection 2. All fees collected pursuant to […]
37-B §802. Emergency Response Commission Fund
§802. Emergency Response Commission Fund The Emergency Response Commission Fund is established to be used by the agency as a nonlapsing fund for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter. All fees collected under this subchapter shall be credited to this fund. All fines or penalties assessed pursuant to section 806 shall be credited to […]
37-B §803. Agency responsibilities
§803. Agency responsibilities The Maine Emergency Management Agency has the following responsibilities under this subchapter. [PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).] 1. Review facility emergency plans. The agency shall review facility area emergency plans submitted to the commission and make recommendations to the commission on their acceptance. The agency shall also develop model emergency […]
37-B §804. Local authority
§804. Local authority Nothing in this subchapter or rules adopted under it preempts or otherwise affects any ordinance, regulation or rule of a political subdivision, limits the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or rule that it is authorized to adopt or enforce pursuant to the Constitution of Maine […]
37-B §805. Community right to know
§805. Community right to know 1. Availability to public. Each emergency response plan, material safety data sheet, list described in section 796, subsection 2, Maine chemical inventory report, toxic chemical release report and follow-up emergency notice must be made available to the general public, consistent with section 800, during normal working hours at the location […]
37-B §806. Enforcement; penalties
§806. Enforcement; penalties 1. Commission orders. The commission may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility or other responsible person at a facility to abate a violation of any section of this subchapter or rule adopted under it. [PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).] 2. Civil penalties. The following penalties apply […]
37-B §821. Eminent domain
§821. Eminent domain When the Governor has issued a proclamation in accordance with section 742 and, when in the Governor’s judgment for the protection and welfare of the State and its inhabitants, the situation requires it as a matter of public necessity or convenience, the Governor may take possession of any real or personal property […]
37-B §822. Immunity
§822. Immunity Neither the State nor any of its agencies or political subdivisions nor a person called out pursuant to section 784-A, including a voluntary and uncompensated grantor of a permit for the use of the grantor’s premises as an emergency management shelter, may, while engaged in any emergency management activities and while complying with […]