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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38, § 490-X (2026)

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This article applies to any quarry, including reclaimed and unreclaimed areas, if the quarry is more than one acre in size, the total excavated area including adjacent parcels under a common owner or operator is more than one acre in size or underground production blasting is proposed.   [PL 2007, c. 297, §8 (AMD).]
This article does not apply to a quarry located wholly within the jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission.   [PL 1995, c. 700, §35 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 682, §38 (REV).]
This article does not apply to an excavation or grading preliminary to a construction project, unless intended to circumvent this article.   [PL 1995, c. 700, §35 (NEW).]
A person with a valid permit for a quarry under article 6 must operate that quarry in compliance with the terms and conditions of that permit. Any modification of the permit must be in conformance with section 484. A person with a permit under article 6 may file a notice of intent to comply with this article. The permit issued under article 6 lapses as of the date a complete notice of intent is filed with the department. If the permittee chooses to substitute a notification pursuant to this article, all terms and conditions that applied to the permit issued pursuant to article 6 are incorporated into the notification approved pursuant to this article.   [PL 1995, c. 700, §35 (NEW).]
Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a person exempt from the requirements of this article that is operating a quarry one acre in size or less; that is operating a quarry that has a total excavated area, including adjacent parcels under a common owner or operator, that is one acre in size or less; or that is operating a quarry and conducting an excavation or grading preliminary to a construction project shall comply with the blasting notification requirements under section 490‑Z, subsection 14, paragraph O if the person intends to conduct blasting at that quarry or as part of that excavation or grading.   [PL 2025, c. 91, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 700, §35 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 297, §8 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 682, §38 (REV). PL 2025, c. 91, §1 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2009–2022 · leading case: Dyer v. Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc., 2009 ME 126 (Me. 2009).
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Dyer v. Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc., 2009 ME 126 (Me. 2009). · cites it 2× “38 M.R.S. § 490-X (2008). "[S]trict liability is entirely a question of the relation of the activity to its surroundings," Keeton, Prosser & Keeton on Torts § 78 at 554, and because of this quarries require a wholly different analysis than blasting in other areas.”
Utsch v. Maine Dep't of Env't Prot. (Me. Super. Ct 2022). “The law only applies to a quarry that is more than I-acre in size (see 38 M.R.S.A. § 490-X)." AR at 102 (Tab 38).”
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