The LePage administration has released a list of proposed regulations targeted for outright repeal, relaxation or reform and environmentalists are calling it "extreme" and "reckless." Some of the proposals will require legislative approval. Others could be done by administrative rule-making. In either case, alarms are being sounded on a variety of fronts. The governor's proposals include everything from requiring development in at least 30 percent of Maine's North Woods, possible elimination of Maine's first-in-the-nation electronic waste recycling program, relaxation of air pollution regulations and a rollback of any state regulation that is more strict than federal law.
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