Maine Revised Statutes Title 5. Administrative Procedures and Services § 8053. Notice

A. Any person specified by the statute authorizing the rulemaking;

B. Any person who has filed within the past year a written or electronic request with the agency for notice of rulemaking;

C. Any trade, industry, professional, interest group or regional publication that the agency considers effective in reaching the persons affected; and

D. Deleted. Laws 1985, c. 39, § 2.

E. The primary sponsor of the legislation that was enacted and authorized the rulemaking, as long as the legislation was enacted within the previous 2 years.

A. Deleted. Laws 2025, c. 384, § 8, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.

A-1. Identify the agency proposing the rule;

A-2. Provide the chapter number and title of the proposed rule;

A-3. Cite the statutory authority pursuant to which the rule is being proposed;

B. State the date, time and place of any scheduled public hearing;

C. State the manner and deadline by which comments on the proposed rule must be submitted to the agency for consideration;

C-1. State the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of a staff person of the agency proposing the rule to whom inquiries about the rule, and requests for copies of the rule, may be sent;

D. Deleted. Laws 2025, c. 384, § 8, eff. Sept. 24, 2025.

D-1. Provide a summary of the proposed rule;

E. Refer to the substantive state or federal law that would be implemented by the proposed rule;

F. Indicate where information may be obtained about any adverse economic impact on small businesses that was documented by the agency proposing the rule pursuant to section 8052, subsection 5-A; and

G. Indicate whether the rule is routine technical or major substantive as those terms are described in section 8071.

A. Shall arrange for the weekly newspaper publication of and post, or cause to be posted, on the Secretary of State's publicly accessible website consolidated notices of agency rule-making¹ proposals. Notices of each rule-making¹ proposal must be published and posted once 17 to 24 days prior to the public hearing on the proposed rule or, if no public hearing is scheduled, at least 30 days prior to the last date on which comments on the rule may be submitted to the agency for consideration;

B. Shall designate certain newspapers, which together have general circulation throughout the State, as papers of record for the purpose of publishing notice under paragraph A. Notice of proposed rules affecting only a particular locality or region need only be published in the designated newspapers having general circulation in the area affected;

C. Shall designate one day that agency rule-making¹ proposal notices described in this subsection are to be published and posted; and

D. Must be reimbursed for the cost of publication of rule-making  1 notice by the agencies proposing rules.¹ The total costs of each consolidated notice must be prorated by the Secretary of State among all agencies submitting notice for a particular week.

A. State the time and place of any scheduled public hearing or state the manner in which a hearing may be requested;

B. State the manner and time within which data, views or arguments may be submitted to the agency for consideration, whether or not a hearing is held;

C. State the name, address and phone number of the staff person responsible for providing additional information or a printed version of the proposed rule;

D. Include a brief and general summary of the substance of the proposed rule;

E. Provide the website address where the long notice pursuant to subsection 3 is posted;

F. Indicate where a copy of the statement of impact on small business pursuant to section 8052, subsection 5-A may be obtained;

G. Indicate the impact on municipalities or counties only if there is an expected financial impact on municipalities; and

H. Indicate whether the rule is routine technical or major substantive as those terms are defined in section 8071.