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LD1782 • 2025

Resolve, Regarding Host Community Compensation for the Juniper Ridge Landfill in the City of Old Town

Resolve, Regarding Host Community Compensation for the Juniper Ridge Landfill in the City of Old Town

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative James Dill
Last action
2025-06-10
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Regarding Host Community Compensation for the Juniper Ridge Landfill in the City of Old Town

Resolve, Regarding Host Community Compensation for the Juniper Ridge Landfill in the City of Old Town Sponsor: Representative James Dill Reference committee: Environment and Natural Resources Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Regarding Host Community Compensation for the Juniper Ridge Landfill in the City of Old Town Sponsor: Representative James Dill Reference committee: Environment and Natural Resources Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1548(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1548(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1782 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-10 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-03 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-03 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-02 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-05-07 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-04-24 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Regarding Host Community Compensation for the Juniper Ridge Landfill in the City of Old Town
Sponsor:
Representative James Dill
Reference committee:
Environment and Natural Resources
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR1548(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1193 - L.D. 1782
Resolve, Regarding Host Community Compensation for the Juniper Ridge
Landfill in the City of Old Town
Sec. 1. Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of
General Services to initiate negotiation regarding host community
compensation agreement for Juniper Ridge Landfill. Resolved: That the
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services shall
work with the contract operator of the state-owned Juniper Ridge Landfill and the City of
Old Town to initiate a negotiation with those parties for further amendment of the Host
Community Compensation and Facility Oversight Agreement dated December 8, 2005 and
signed by the State of Maine, the City of Old Town and Casella Waste Systems, Inc. to
ensure that the City of Old Town is fairly and adequately compensated for the burden of
hosting the Juniper Ridge Landfill, taking into account changes in circumstances since the
execution of that agreement; any ongoing or future processes relating to a proposed
capacity expansion at the landfill; any ongoing or future processes relating to a proposed
extension of the operating services agreement for the operation of the landfill; and any
other factors determined by the parties.
The bureau shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any negotiation for further
amendment of the Host Community Compensation and Facility Oversight Agreement
described in this section is conducted concurrently with any ongoing or future processes
relating to a proposed capacity expansion at the landfill and any ongoing or future processes
relating to a proposed extension of the operating services agreement for the operation of
the landfill.
APPROVED
JUNE 10, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
66
RESOLVES