Open-pit sulfide mining is one of the most polluting industries, releasing dangerous arsenic, lead, and mercury into the surrounding watershed. Until last year it was highly improbable that this type of mining would ever occur in Maine, but a bill passed in 2012 weakened the clean water protections that apply these mines, opening the door for their development in the state. LD 1302 would have strengthened water quality protections and ensured that Maine taxpayers are not left with clean-up costs once a mine is closed. The House passed the bill by a large margin, but the Senate failed to pass it by just one vote.

Status:

Final Outcome: Bill failed; died in non-concurrence 

Sponsor: Jeff M. McCabe

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2013	Roll Call	113	59	0	14	186	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Bernard L. A. Ayotte Nay Paulette G. Beaudoin Absent Michael G. Beaulieu Nay Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Paul Edward Bennett Absent Seth A. Berry Yea Russell J. Black Yea Andrea M. Boland Absent Brian D. Bolduc Yea James A. Boyle Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Yea Joseph E. Brooks Yea David C. Burns Nay Emily Ann Cain Nay James J. Campbell, Sr. Yea Richard H. Campbell Absent Michael E. Carey Yea Alan M. Casavant Yea Katherine W. Cassidy Yea Ralph Chapman Yea Kathleen D. Chase Absent Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Tyler Clark Nay John J. Cleveland Yea Ronald F Collins Nay Janice E. Cooper Yea H. David Cotta Yea Dale J. Crafts Nay Margaret M. Craven Yea Dean A. Cray Absent Jarrod S. Crockett Yea Andre E. Cushing III Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Yea Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Michael G. Devin Yea Elizabeth E. Dickerson Absent James F. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Yea Peter Doak Absent Ann E. Dorney Yea Larry C. Dunphy Yea Brian M. Duprey Nay David E. Dutremble Nay Ellie Espling Yea Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Mark W. Eves Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Nay Patrick S. A. Flood Nay Lori A. Fowle Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Aaron M. Frey Yea Drew Gattine Yea Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Sara Gideon Yea Jeffery Allen Gifford Nay Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Absent Seth A. Goodall Yea Adam A. Goode Yea Anne P. Graham Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Lance Evans Harvell Yea Anne M. Haskell Yea Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Dawn Hill Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Roger A. Jackson Nay Troy Dale Jackson Nay Peter B. Johnson Nay David D. Johnson Nay Christopher K. Johnson Yea Brian L. Jones Yea Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Bryan T Kaenrath Yea Roger J. Katz Nay Peter S. Kent Yea Dennis L. Keschl Nay Jonathan L. Kinney Nay L. Gary Knight Nay Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Karen Kusiak Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Aaron F Libby Nay Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Nay Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Sharri K. MacDonald Nay Colleen M. Madigan Yea Joyce A. Maker Nay Richard S. Malaby Yea Donald G. Marean Yea Timothy I. Marks Yea Andrew T. Mason Yea Garrett Paul Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Nay Carol A. McElwee Nay Paul D. McGowan Yea Andrew J. McLean Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Stephen W. Moriarty Yea Terry K. Morrison Yea Allen Michael Nadeau Nay Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Nay William F. Noon (Deceased) Yea Robert W. Nutting Yea Wayne R. Parry Yea John L. Patrick Nay Jethro D. Pease Nay Anita Peavey Haskell Nay Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Absent Joshua R. Plante Yea Gary E. Plummer Nay Matthew G. Pouliot Absent Christine B. Powers Absent Charles R. Priest Yea Jane P. Pringle Yea Helen Rankin Yea Roger E. Reed Nay Megan M. Rochelo Yea Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Yea Robert J. Saucier Nay Thomas B. Saviello Nay Jeremy G. Saxton Absent John C. Schneck Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Stanley Byron Short, Jr. Nay Heather W. Sirocki Nay Stephen S. Stanley Nay Peter C. Stuckey Yea Charles Kenneth Theriault Nay Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Douglas A. Thomas Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Ryan D. Tipping Yea Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Nay John L. Tuttle Yea Thomas M. Tyler Yea Linda M. Valentino Nay Arthur C. Verow Yea Lisa Renee Villa Yea Amy Fern Volk Nay Raymond A. Wallace Nay Windol C. Weaver Nay Joan W. Welsh Yea R. Wayne Werts Absent Rodney L. Whittemore Nay Alexander Reginald Willette Nay Corey S. Wilson Yea Ellen A. Winchenbach Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Yea Richard G. Woodbury Yea Edward M. Youngblood Nay