2009 EPC Priorities

2009 EPC Priorities

Ensuring our current environmental protections are maintained – BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE WEAKENED MAINE’S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS WERE DEFEATED. Legislators maintained the integrity of our fundamental environmental protections by rejecting numerous bills throughout the session that would have weakened laws protecting Maine’s air, land and water.

An Act to Change the Classification of Certain Waters in the State

Status: PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BALDACCI
Mixed

Maintaining Necessary Funding for the Land for Maine’s Future Program

Status: $7.5 MILLION FOR LMF WILL GO BEFORE MAINE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER 2010
Passed

An Act Regarding Maine’s Energy Future

Status: PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BALDACCI
Passed

An Act to Ensure that Replacement Culverts Permit Fish Passage

Status: PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BALDACCI
Mixed

An Act to Require Citizen Notification of Pesticide Applications Using Aerial Spray  or Air-carrier Application Equipment

Status: PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BALDACCI
Passed

An Act To Provide for the Safe Collection and Recycling of Mercury-containing Lighting

Status: PASSED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BALDACCI
Passed