As you know from our previous post, all unsavory pieces of L.D. 1268 were eliminated by the Committee, a major victory that is attributed to the hard work of all of you who spoke out against this potentially paralyzing piece of legislation.

However, in response, DEP has worked to insert language into an amendment to LD 1333, An Act to Establish Climate and Energy Planning in Maine that would give that agency sweeping authority related to the site law that they’d previously hoped to gain through LD 1268. This would be a back door approach to potentially add the “locational element” that we at Main-Land Development Consultants so vigorously opposed with L.D. 1268.

We clearly believe LD 1333 should be defeated as a result, and will do everything in our power to ensure that happens. In the meantime, we encourage you to please contact your legislators (House and Senate Members) to let them know of your opposition to L.D. 1333 and thank them for their support of LD 1268.