2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 805: COOPERATIVE FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
12 §8884. Annual wood processing reports

Part 11: FORESTRY
Subchapter 5: FOREST LANDOWNER AND WOOD PROCESSOR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS HEADING: PL 1989, C. 555, §12 (NEW)

8884. Annual wood processing reports

1. Wood processor reports. Owners or operators of all roundwood processing operations shall submit an annual report to the director of the bureau during the month of January for the roundwood used or processed by the operation during the preceding year. The report shall specify the amount of roundwood processed by species and county where cut from the stump.

[ 1989, c. 555, 12 (NEW); 1989, c. 600, Pt. B, 11 (AFF); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, 7 (REV); 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, 23 (REV) .]

1-A. Reclaimed waste wood and cedar waste report. A taxpayer claiming a credit under Title 36, section 5219-F shall submit an annual report to the Director of the Bureau of Forestry, initially by July 1, 1994, and during the month of January thereafter, specifying the source, volume and location of reclaimed wood waste or cedar waste for which a credit has been claimed.

[ 1991, c. 528, Pt. G, 10 (AMD); 1991, c. 528, Pt. RRR, (AFF); 1991, c. 591, Pt. G, 10 (AMD); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, 7 (REV); 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, 23 (REV) .]

2. Imports and exports. Persons, firms, corporations or companies selling forest products out of the State or buying forest products to bring into the State shall submit an annual report to the director of the bureau during the month of January for the forest products sold out of the State or brought into the State. The report must also identify the origin of imported forest products by state or country, the county in the State in which exported forest products were harvested and the destination of exported forest products by state or country.

[ 2005, c. 133, 4 (AMD); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, 7 (REV); 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, 23 (REV) .]

3. Confidentiality. Volume information contained in these reports is confidential and shall not be made public except that summary reports may be published that use aggregated data which do not reveal the activities of an individual person or firm.

[ 1989, c. 555, 12 (NEW); 1989, c. 600, Pt. B, 11 (AFF) .]

4. Failure to submit report; penalty. Failure to submit reports pursuant to this section constitutes a civil violation for which a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each failure may be adjudged.

[ 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, 45 (NEW); 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, 2 (AFF) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1989, c. 555, 12 (NEW). 1989, c. 600, B11 (AMD). 1989, c. 935, 1 (AMD). 1991, c. 528, G10 (AMD). 1991, c. 528, RRR (AFF). 1991, c. 591, G10 (AMD). 1995, c. 242, 2 (AMD). 2003, c. 452, F45 (AMD). 2003, c. 452, X2 (AFF). 2005, c. 133, 4 (AMD). 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, 7 (REV). 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, 23 (REV).