§412-A. Technical and legal assistance
At the request of any recipient of state funds under section 411 or 412, the commissioner is authorized to provide technical assistance and, through the Attorney General, legal assistance in the administration or enforcement of any contract entered into, by or for the benefit of the recipient in connection with wastewater treatment works or other facilities assisted by these funds. [PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §27 (AMD).]
Whenever any state funds have been disbursed pursuant to section 411 or 412, the State, acting through the Attorney General, shall have a direct right of action against the recipient thereof, or any contractor, subcontractor, architect, engineer or manufacturer of any equipment purchased with these funds, to recover the funds, as well as any federal funds administered by the commissioner for the same purposes, which may be properly awarded as actual damages in an action alleging negligence or breach of contract. [PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §27 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 243 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B27 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 3: PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF WATERS
Subchapter 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOARD
38 §411. State contribution to pollution abatement
38 §411-A. State contribution to residential overboard discharge replacement projects
38 §411-C. Maine Clean Water Fund
38 §412. Grants by State for planning
38 §412-A. Technical and legal assistance
38 §412-B. Consultation on waste water disposal
38 §413. Waste discharge licenses
38 §414. Applications for licenses
38 §414-A. Conditions of licenses
38 §414-B. Publicly owned treatment works
38 §414-C. Color pollution control
38 §414-D. Municipal satellite collection systems
38 §416. Discharge of oil prohibited (REPEALED)
38 §417. Certain deposits and discharges prohibited
38 §418. Log driving and storage
38 §418-A. Protection of the Penobscot River
38 §418-B. Prohibition on application of fertilizers near great ponds
38 §419. Cleaning agents and lawn and turf fertilizer containing phosphate banned
38 §419-A. Prohibition on the use of tributyltin as an antifouling agent
38 §419-B. Goals for dates of removal of transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls
38 §419-C. Prevention of the spread of invasive aquatic plants
38 §419-D. Synthetic plastic microbeads
38 §419-E. Coal tar sealant products
38 §420. Certain deposits and discharges prohibited
38 §420-A. Dioxin monitoring program (REPEALED)
38 §420-B. Surface water ambient toxic monitoring program
38 §420-C. Erosion and sedimentation control
38 §420-D. Storm water management
38 §420-E. Municipal storm water ordinances; transportation systems
38 §421. Solid waste disposal areas; location (REPEALED)
38 §422. Dredging permits (REPEALED)
38 §423. Discharge of waste from watercraft
38 §423-A. Discharge of waste from motor vehicles
38 §423-B. Watercraft sanitary waste pump-out facilities at marinas
38 §423-C. Registered owner's liability for vehicle illegally discharging waste
38 §423-D. Graywater and blackwater discharges from commercial passenger vessels
38 §424. Voluntary water quality monitors
38 §424-B. Water Quality Improvement Fund
38 §424-C. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighting or fire-suppressing foam