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Agencies:
- 06-096: Department of Environmental Protection - General
- 06-481: Board of Underground Storage Tank Installers
06 096 Department of Environmental Protection - General
- Ch. 2 (Word) Processing of Applications and Other Administrative Matters
- Ch. 3 (Word) Rules Concerning the Conduct of Licensing Hearings
- Ch. 4 (Word) Rule Governing Hearings on Appeals of Certain Emergency or Administrative Commissioner Orders
- Ch. 20 (Repealed)
- Ch. 30 (Repealed)
- Ch. 40 (Word) Conduct of Enforcement Hearings
- Ch. 80 (Word) Reduction of Toxics in Packaging
- Ch. 81 (Word) Designation of Priority Toxic Chemicals
- Ch. 82 (Word) Priority Toxic Chemical Reporting and Pollution Prevention Planning
- Ch. 100 (Word) Definitions Regulation
- Ch. 101 (Word) Visible Emissions Regulation
- Ch. 102 (Word) Open Burning
- Ch. 103 (Word) Fuel Burning Equipment Particulate Emission Standard
- Ch. 104 (Word) Incinerator Particulate Emission Standard
- Ch. 105 (Word) General Process Source Particulate Emission Standard
- Ch. 106 (Word) Low Sulfur Fuel Regulation
- Ch. 107 (Word) Sulfur Dioxide Emission Standards for Sulfite Pulp Mills
- Ch. 109 (Word) Emergency Episode Regulations
- Ch. 110 (Word) Ambient Air Quality Standards
- Ch. 111 (Word) Petroleum Liquid Storage Vapor Control
- Ch. 112 (Word) Bulk Terminal Petroleum Liquid Transfer Requirements
- Ch. 113 (Word) Growth Offset Regulation
- Ch. 114 (Word) Classification of Air Quality Control Regions
- Ch. 115 (Word) Major and Minor Source Air Emission License Regulations
- Ch. 116 (Word) Prohibited Dispersion Techniques
- Ch. 117 (Word) Source Surveillance - Emissions Monitoring
- Ch. 118 (Word) Gasoline Dispensing Facilities Vapor Control
- Ch. 119 (Word) Motor Vehicle Fuel Volatility Requirements
- Ch. 120 (Word) Gasoline Tank Truck Tightness Self-Certification
- Ch. 121 (Word) Emission Limitations and Emission Testing of Resource Recovery Facilities
- Ch. 123 (Word) Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Paper, Film and Foil Coating Operations
- Ch. 124 (Word) Total Reduced Sulfur Control from Kraft Pulp Mills
- Ch. 125 (Word) Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaner Regulation
- Ch. 126 (Word) Capture Efficiency Test Procedures
- Appendix A (PDF) to Chapter 126
- Ch. 127 (Word) New Motor Vehicle Emission Standards
- Attachment (PDF) to Chapter 127 : "LEV III" Amendments to the California Greenhouse Gas ...
- Ch. 129 (Word) Surface Coating Facilities
- Appendix (Word) to Chapter 129
- Ch. 130 (Word) Solvent Cleaners
- Ch. 131 (Word) Cutback Asphalt and Emulsified Asphalt
- Ch. 132 (Word) Graphic Arts - Rotogravure and Flexography
- Appendix (Word) to Chapter 132
- Ch. 133 (Word) Petroleum Liquids Transfer Vapor Recovery at Bulk Gasoline Plants
- Ch. 134 (Word) Reasonably Available Control Technology for Facilities that Emit Volatile Organic Compounds
- Ch. 137 (Word) Emission Statements
- Ch. 138 (Word) Reasonably Available Control Technology for Facilities that Emit Nitrogen Oxides
- Ch. 139 (Word) Transportation Conformity
- Ch. 140 (Word) Part 70 Air Emission License Regulations
- Ch. 141 (Repealed)
- Ch. 143 (Word) New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
- Ch. 144 (Word) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
- Ch. 145 (Word) NOx Control Program
- Ch. 146 (Word) Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards
- Ch. 147 (Word) Hydrofluorocarbon Prohibitions
- Ch. 148 (Word) Emissions from Smaller-Scale Electric Generating Facilities
- Ch. 149 (Word) General Permit for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants
- Ch. 150 (Word) Control of Emissions from Outdoor Wood Boilers
- Ch. 151 (Word) Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings
- Ch. 152 (Word) Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Consumer Products
- Ch. 153 (Word) Mobile Equipment Repair and Refinishing
- Ch. 154 (Word) Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Flexible Package Printing
- Ch. 156 (Word) CO2 Budget Trading Program
- Ch. 157 (Word) CO2 Budget Trading Program Waiver and Suspension
- Ch. 158 (Word) CO2 Budget Trading Program Auction Provisions
- Ch. 159 (Word) Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Adhesives and Sealants
- Ch. 161 (Word) Graphic Arts - Offset Lithography and Letterpress Printing
- Ch. 162 (Word) Control for Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials
- Ch. 163 (Word) Residential Wood Stove Replacement and Rebate Program
- Ch. 164 (Word) General Permit for Concrete Batch Plants
- Ch. 165 (Word) General Permit for Class IV-A Incinerators
- Ch. 166 (Word) Industrial Cleaning Solvents
- Ch. 167 (Word) Tracking and Reporting Gross and Net Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Ch. 168 (Word) Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation
- Ch. 169 (Word) Stationary Generators
- Ch. 170 (Word) Degassing of Petroleum Storage Tanks, Marine Vessels, and Transport Vessels
- Ch. 171 (Word) Control of Petroleum Storage Facilities
- Ch. 180 (Word) Appliance Efficiency Standards
- Ch. 200 (Word) Metallic Mineral Exploration, Advanced Exploration and Mining
- Ch. 263 (Word) Maine Comprehensive and Limited Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Rule (jointly with 10-144)
- Ch. 305 (Word) Natural Resources Protection Act - Permit by Rule Standards
- Ch. 310 (Word) Wetlands and Waterbodies Protection
- Ch. 315 (Word) Assessing and Mitigating Impacts to Existing Scenic and Aesthetic Uses
- Ch. 321 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Freedom
- Ch. 335 (Word) Significant Wildlife Habitat
- Ch. 342 (Word) Significant Groundwater Wells
- Ch. 355 (Word) Coastal Sand Dune Rules
- Ch. 371 (Word) Definitions of Terms Used in Site Location of Development Law and Regulations
- Ch. 372 (Word) Policies and Procedures Under Site Location Law
- Ch. 373 (Word) Financial and Technical Capacity Standards of the Site Location of Development Act
- Ch. 375 (Word) No Adverse Environmental Effect Standards of the Site Location of Development Act
- Ch. 376 (Word) Soil Types Standard of Site Location Law
- Ch. 377 (Word) Review of Roads Under Site Location of Development Law
- Ch. 378 (Word) Variance Criteria for the Excavation of Rock, Borrow, Topsoil, Clay or Silt and Performance Standards for the Storage of Petroleum Products
- Ch. 380 (Word) Long-Term Construction Projects under the Site Location of Development Act
- Ch. 382 (Word) Wind Energy Act Standards
- Ch. 400 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: General Provisions
- Ch. 401 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Landfill Siting, Design and Operation
- Ch. 402 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Transfer Stations and Storage Sites for Solid Waste
- Ch. 403 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Incineration Facilities
- Ch. 405 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Water Quality Monitoring, Leachate Monitoring, and Waste Characterization
- Ch. 409 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Processing Facilities
- Ch. 410 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Composting Facilities
- Ch. 411 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Non-Hazardous Waste Transporter Licenses
- Ch. 415 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Reasonable Costs for the Handling and Recycling of Electronic Wastes
- Ch. 418 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Beneficial Use of Solid Wastes
- Ch. 419 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Agronomic Utilization of Residuals
- Ch. 420 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Septage Management Rules
- Ch. 424 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Lead Management Regulations
- Ch. 425 (Word) Solid Waste Management Rules: Asbestos Management Regulations
- Ch. 426 (Word) Responsibilities under the Returnable Beverage Container Law
- Ch. 428 (Word) Stewardship Program for Packaging
- Ch. 450 (Word) Administrative Regulations for Hydropower Projects
- Ch. 500 (Word) Stormwater Management
- Ch. 501 (Word) Stormwater Management Compensation Fees and Mitigation Credit
- Ch. 502 (Word) Direct Watersheds of Lakes Most at Risk from New Development, and Urban Impaired Streams
- Ch. 514 (Word) Use of Aquatic Pesticides
- Ch. 517 (Word) Certification of Persons Servicing and Repairing Sanitary Waste Treatment Facility
- Ch. 519 (Word) Interim Effluent Limitations and Controls for the Discharge of Mercury
- Ch. 520 (Word) Definitions for the Waste Discharge Permitting Program
- Ch. 521 (Word) Applications for Waste Discharge Licenses
- Ch. 522 (Word) Application Processing Procedures for Waste Discharge Licenses
- Ch. 523 (Word) Waste Discharge License Conditions
- Ch. 524 (Word) Criteria and Standards for Waste Discharge Licenses
- Ch. 525 (Word) Effluent Guidelines and Standards
- Ch. 526 (Word) Cooling Water Intake Structures
- Ch. 528 (Word) Pretreatment Program
- Ch. 529 (Word) General Permits for Certain Wastewater Discharges
- Ch. 530 (Word) Surface Waters Toxics Control Program
- Ch. 531 (Word) Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification
- Ch. 532 (Word) Large Commercial Passenger Vessels
- Ch. 534 (Word) Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certifications - Revocation or Suspension
- Ch. 543 (Word) Rules to Control the Subsurface Discharge of Pollutants
- Ch. 550 (Word) Discontinuance of Wastewater Treatment Lagoons
- Ch. 555 (Word) Standards for the Addition of Transported Wastes to Wastewater Treatment Facilities
- Ch. 570 (Word) Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement
- Ch. 573 (Word) Snow Dumps: Best Management Practices for Pollution Prevention
- Ch. 574 (Word) Siting and Operation of Road Salt and Sand-Salt Storage Areas
- Ch. 579 (Word) Classification Attainment Evaluation Using Biological Criteria for Rivers and Streams
- Ch. 580 (Word) Regulations Relating to Sampling Procedures and Analytic Procedures
- Ch. 581 (Word) Regulations Relating to Water Quality Evaluations
- Ch. 582 (Word) Regulations Relating to Temperature
- Ch. 583 (Word) Nutrient Criteria for Class AA, A, B, and C Fresh Surface Waters
- Ch. 584 (Word) Surface Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Pollutants
- Ch. 585 (Word) Identification of Fish Spawning Areas and Designation Salmonid Spawning Areas
- Ch. 586 (Word) Rules Pertaining to Discharges to Class A Waters
- Ch. 587 (Word) In-stream Flows and Lake and Pond Water Levels
- Ch. 592 (Word) The Small Community Wastewater Program
- Ch. 594 (Word) State Contribution to Overboard Discharge Replacement
- Ch. 595 (Word) State Revolving Fund
- Ch. 596 (Word) Overboard Discharges: Licensing and Abandonment
- Ch. 600 (Word) Oil Discharge Prevention and Pollution Control Rules for Marine Oil Terminal Facilities, Transportation Pipelines and Vessels
- Ch. 680 (Word) Tanker Anchorage Rules
- Ch. 685 (Word) Payment and Reimbursement of Oil Transfer Fees
- Ch. 686 (Word) Standards for Assessing Ability to Pay Deductibles under the State Insurance Program for Oil Storage Tanks
- Ch. 691 (Word) Rules for Underground Oil Storage Facilities
- Ch. 692 (Word) Siting of Oil Storage Facilities
- Ch. 693 (Word) Operator Training for Underground Oil, Hazardous Substance, and Field Constructed Underground Oil Storage Facilities, and Airport Hydrant Systems
- Ch. 695 (Word) Rules for Underground Hazard Substance Storage Facilities
- Ch. 696 (Word) Oil Discharge and Pollution Control Rules for Rail Tank Cars
- Ch. 700 (Word) Wellhead Protection: Siting of Facilities that Pose a Significant Threat to Drinking Water
- Ch. 800 (Word) Identification of Hazardous Matter
- Appendix (Word) to Chapter 800: §302.4 Designation of Hazardous Substances
- Ch. 801 (Word) Discharge of Hazardous Matter: Removal and Written Reporting Procedures
- Ch. 850 (Word) Identification of Hazardous Wastes
- Ch. 851 (Word) Standards for Generators of Hazardous Waste
- Ch. 852 (Word) Land Disposal Restrictions
- Ch. 853 (Word) Licensing of Transporters of Hazardous Waste
- Ch. 854 (Word) Standards for Hazardous Waste Facilities
- Ch. 855 (Word) Interim Licenses for Waste Facilities for Hazardous Waste
- Ch. 856 (Word) Licensing of Hazardous Waste Facilities
- Ch. 857 (Word) Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements
- Ch. 858 (Word) Universal Waste Rules
- Ch. 860 (Word) Waste Oil Management Rules
- Ch. 870 (Word) Labeling of Mercury-added Products
- Ch. 872 (Word) Exemptions from the Ban on Sale of Mercury-added Switches, Relays and Measuring Devices
- Ch. 880 (Word) Regulation of Chemical Use in Children's Products
- Ch. 881 (Word) Fees: Chemical Use in Children's Products
- Ch. 882 (Word) Designation of Bisphenol A as a Priority Chemical and Regulation of Bisphenol A in Children’s Products
- Ch. 883 (Word) Designation of the Chemical Class Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates as a Priority Chemical
- Ch. 884 (Word) Designation of Cadmium as a Priority Chemical and Regulation of Cadmium in Children's Products
- Ch. 885 (Word) Designation of Formaldehyde as a Priority Chemical and Regulation of Formaldehyde in Children's Products
- Ch. 886 (Word) Designation of Mercury as a Priority Chemical and Regulation of Mercury in Children's Products
- Ch. 887 (Word) Designation of Arsenic as a Priority Chemical and Regulation of Arsenic in Children's Products
- Ch. 888 (Word) Designation of Four Members of the Chemical Class Phthalates as Priority Chemicals
- Ch. 889 (Word) Designation of Two Flame Retardants as Priority Chemicals
- Ch. 890 (Word) Designation of PFOS and Its Salts as Priority Chemicals
- Ch. 900 (Word) Biomedical Waste Management Rules
- Ch. 1000 (Word) Guidelines for Municipal Shoreland Zoning Ordinances
- Ch. 1243 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Troy
- Ch. 1244 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Whitefield
- Ch. 1245 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Athens
- Ch. 1247 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Bradford
- Ch. 1249 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Charlotte
- Ch. 1250 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Chester
- Ch. 1251 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Columbia
- Ch. 1253 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Edinburg
- Ch. 1254 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Hanover
- Ch. 1255 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Knox
- Ch. 1256 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Limerick
- Ch. 1257 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Moose River
- Ch. 1261 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Springfield
- Ch. 1262 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Steuben
- Ch. 1263 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Talmadge
- Ch. 1264 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Passadumkeag
- Ch. 1265 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Waite
- Ch. 1266 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Woodville
- Ch. 1267 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Amity
- Ch. 1268 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Bancroft
- Ch. 1270 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Cooper
- Ch. 1271 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Corinth
- Ch. 1272 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Hersey
- Ch. 1273 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Hiram
- Ch. 1275 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Lagrange
- Ch. 1277 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Ludlow
- Ch. 1279 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Medford
- Ch. 1281 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Merrill
- Ch. 1282 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Orient
- Ch. 1283 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Stacyville
- Ch. 1285 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Vanceboro
- Ch. 1286 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Wade
- Ch. 1288 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Aurora
- Ch. 1289 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Bowerbank
- Ch. 1292 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Carthage
- Ch. 1293 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Exeter
- Ch. 1294 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Farmingdale
- Ch. 1295 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Frankfort
- Ch. 1296 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Guilford
- Ch. 1301 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Milo
- Ch. 1304 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of North Haven
- Ch. 1307 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Penobscot
- Ch. 1308 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Plymouth
- Ch. 1312 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Waldo
- Ch. 1320 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Crystal
- Ch. 1321 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Durham
- Ch. 1322 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Etna
- Ch. 1323 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Isle Au Haut
- Ch. 1326 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Stow
- Ch. 1333 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Swanville
- Ch. 1334 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Columbia Falls
- Ch. 1335 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Danforth
- Ch. 1337 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Wellington
Ch. 1339 (Word) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance for Municipality of Lubec
06 481 Board of Underground Storage Tank Installers
- Ch. 1 (Word) Administrative Rules
- Ch. 2 (Word) Rules of Practice and Procedure Governing Adjudicatory Proceedings
- Ch. 3 (Word) Certification of Underground Oil Tank Installers
Ch. 6 (Word) Certification of Underground Oil Storage Tank Inspectors