Bills scheduled for a work session
Work Sessions are livestreamed and archived here on the Legislature's Website.
LD 1135 - "An Act To Ensure That Carbon Credits Can Be Sold On Forest Land Enrolled In The Maine Tree Growth Tax Law"
Work Session in TAX on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in State House, Room 127
MFPC Position: Support as Amended
Sponsored by Rep. James Boyle, LD 1135 as amended would direct the Maine Revenue Service and the Maine Forest Service to issue guidance regarding carbon markets and how they intersect with the Tree Growth Tax Law.
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LD 1408 - "An Act To Reduce Maine's Dependence On Fossil Fuels And Carbon Footprint For Energy Production Using Waste Wood Fuel"
Work Session in EUT on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @ 2:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 211
MFPC Position: Support
Sponsored by Rep. Austin Theriault, LD 1408 would increase the limit on the net generating capacity of a combined heat and power program participant from 10 megawatts to 20 megawatts and increases the maximum total net generating capacity of all program participants from 20 megawatts to 40 megawatts.
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LD 1246 - "An Act To Include Endangered And Threatened Species Habitat In The Definition Of "significant Wildlife Habitat" Under The Natural Resources Protection Act"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:00 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Oppose
Sponsored by Rep. Lori Gramlich, LD 1246 would amend the Natural Resources Protection Act by adding to the definition of "significant wildlife habitat" the habitat of species appearing on the official state endangered species and state threatened species list.This bill also requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to define "habitat for state endangered and state threatened species" by major substantive rules.
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LD 1363 - "An Act To Support Extraction Of Common Minerals By Amending The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Support
Sponsored by Rep. Scott Landry, LD 1363 amends the definition of "metallic mineral" in the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act. It provides that mining does not include calcium carbonate or limestone extraction or beneficiation to produce cement. It provides that permitted facilities that crush and mechanically sort material excavated from an open-pit mining operation are exempt from the performance, operation and reclamation standards in the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act under certain conditions. It allows the use of open-pit mining if certain conditions are met and establishes standards for the reclamation of the open-pit area of an open-pit mining operation.
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LD 1433 - "An Act To Exclude Pegmatites from the Definition of "Metallic Mineral"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Support
Sponsored by Rep. Michael Soboleski, LD 1433 would amend the definition of "metallic mineral" in the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act by removing thorium and uranium and adding pegmatite metals, minerals and gemstones to the excluded minerals.
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LD 1495 - "Resolve, Establishing The Commission To Study The Role Of Critical Minerals As A Resource In The State"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Neither for nor against
Sponsored by Rep. Lydia Crafts, LD 1495 would establish the Commission to Study the Role of Critical Minerals as a Resource in the State to study issues associated with the current limits on mining of critical minerals in the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act and, within the context of international climate change, whether mining of such minerals in the State can be accomplished safely with appropriate restrictions.
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LD 1508 - "An Act To Ensure A Strategic Approach To Maine's Energy Transition By Imposing A Moratorium On Lithium Mining"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Oppose
Sponsored by Rep. Maggie O'Neil, LD 1508 would amend the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act to clarify that the term "metallic mineral" as used in that law includes lithium. It would also prohibit the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a mining permit under that law for a mining operation that involves the extraction or removal of ore or other material that contains lithium. This prohibition would be repealed October 1, 2028.
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LD 1564 - "An Act To Eliminate Metallic Mineral Mining Activities Without A Permit"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Oppose
Sponsored by Rep. Nina Milliken, LD 1564 would amend definitions within the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act to require the issuance of a mining permit for a person to engage in any mining-related activity.
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LD 1471 - "An Act To Amend Provisions Of The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Oppose
Sponsored by Sen. Rick Bennett, LD 1471 would make various changes to the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act.
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LD 1476 - "An Act To Amend The Definition Of "metallic Mineral" In The Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act"
Work Session in ENR on Thursday April 27, 2023 @ 1:30 PM in Cross Building, Room 216
MFPC Position: Support
Sponsored by Sen. Lisa Keim, LD 1476 amends the definition of "metallic mineral" for purposes of the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act.
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