10 M.R.S. §2367: Rules

The state sealer shall, in a manner consistent with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, promulgate and adopt rules relating to:

1. Weight scale. Procedures for determining the weight of wood according to weight scale;

2. Butt measure; other measurement systems. Procedures and standards for the lineal and volumetric measurement of wood;

3. Measurement equipment standards and tolerances. Measurement equipment standards and tolerances;

4. Complaints; investigations. Procedures for the filing and investigating of complaints and for the sampling, check scaling and check measurement of disputed wood, including verification of butt scale tables;

5. Designation; units of measure. The designation of appropriate units of measure which can be efficiently and conveniently used in wood transactions;

6. Dissemination; scaling and measurement tallies. The dissemination of the scaling and measurement tallies or slips as appropriate to prevent unfair or deceptive representations of the quantity of wood measured;

7. Measuring and scaling operators; licensing. Licensing of measuring and scaling operators; and

8. Other standards. Other standards and rules necessary to the administration of this subchapter.