This chapter of the Maine Revised Statutes concerns wellhead protection. It declares it to be the policy of the State, consistent with its duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of its citizens, to establish a coordinated statewide program to protect drinking water wells from contamination by oil or hazardous waste. The Legislature further finds that spills of oil and hazardous waste pose a significant risk to groundwater quality and that the handling of those substances near drinking water wells should be restricted to reduce the risk of contamination. The chapter further provides for prohibition on installation of facilities in wellhead protection zones; variances in zoning laws; installation requirements for aboveground heating oil supply tanks in the wellhead protection zone of a community drinking water well; and financial assistance for upgrading aboveground oil storage tanks or facilities.
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