On December 5, 2024, the Board of Environmental Protection (the Board) will consider the adoption of the proposed rule for Chapter 428, Stewardship Program for Packaging, at a meeting to be held at the Augusta Civic Center. The Board will accept and consider additional public oral comment on this proposed rule from people in attendance at the December 5th meeting, only if the additional public comment is directly related to comments received during the formal rulemaking comment period (the written comment period closed on August 26, 2024) or is in response to changes to the proposed rule (see proposed mark-up version of the proposed rule linked on the Board agenda). (38 M.R.S. § 341- H(3-A)). No further written comment on this proposed rule will be considered by the Board on or prior to the December 5th meeting. For more information on this Board meeting and the Chapter 428 proposed rule, please refer to the December 5, 2024 agenda on the Board of Environmental Protection website.
Department staff is available to answer questions via MainePackagingEPR@maine.gov.
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