LD704

An Act to Clarify Performance Standards for Quarries

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Maine LD704 clarifies performance standards for quarries to include those proposing blasting.

Maine LD704 amends the performance standards for quarries to ensure they apply to any quarry where blasting is proposed. This includes quarries more than one acre in size or those with adjacent parcels under a common owner or operator exceeding one acre. The changes exclude excavations or grading preliminary to a construction project unless blasting is proposed or intended to circumvent the article.

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Roll Call Votes

21 Yea

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13 Nay

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1 Absent

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Calendar

Mar 19, 2025

10:00 AM

Hearing

Mar 12, 2025

1:00 PM

Hearing

History

May 21, 2025

Senate

PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

May 20, 2025

House

PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

May 20, 2025

House

Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.