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