Maine Revised Statutes Title 38. Waters and Navigation § 349-M. Definitions

A. Compliance policies, standards and procedures that identify how employees and agents of the regulated entity are to meet environmental requirements and the conditions of permits, enforceable agreements and other sources of authority for environmental requirements;

B. Assignment of overall responsibility within a regulated entity for overseeing compliance with policies, standards and procedures and assignment of specific responsibility for ensuring compliance at each facility or operation of the regulated entity;

C. Mechanisms for systematically ensuring that compliance policies, standards and procedures of the regulated entity are being carried out, including monitoring and auditing systems reasonably designed to detect and correct violations, periodic evaluation of the overall performance of the compliance management system and a means for employees or agents of the regulated entity to report violations of environmental requirements without fear of retaliation;

D. Procedures to communicate effectively the regulated entity's standards and procedures to all employees and agents of the regulated entity;

E. Appropriate incentives to managers and employees of the regulated entity to perform in accordance with the compliance policies, standards and procedures of the regulated entity, including consistent enforcement through appropriate disciplinary mechanisms; and

F. Procedures for the prompt and appropriate correction of any violations and any necessary modifications to the regulated entity's compliance management system to prevent future violations.