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Department of Environmental Protection Third Biennial Report on Progress toward Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals February 1, 2010 Third Biennial Report on Progress toward Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals Maine Department of Environmental Protection 17 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0017 January 2010 Contact: David Littell, Maine DEP 207-287-2812 - 1 - Department of Environmental Protection Third Biennial Report on Progress toward Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals February 1, 2010 February 1, 2010 Senator Seth A. Goodall, Co-Chair Representative Robert S. Duchesne, Co-Chair Members of the Natural Resources Committee State House Room 214 A Augusta, ME 04333 RE: Third Biennial Report on Progress toward Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals Dear Senator Goodall, Representative Duchesne, and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources, In 2003, the Legislature established greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals for 2010, 2020, and beyond (38 M.R.S.A. §576). The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (the Department) is submitting this report to the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources pursuant to 38 M.R.S.A. §578, which requires the Department to evaluate the State's progress towards meeting those reduction goals, and submit a report every two years from 2006 and thereafter. This report summarizes the findings of the Department’s first preliminary ...