Maine Environment Links on Environmental Laws   Caution! This information is not intended to take the place of legal advice. Be aware that there are environmental laws and regulations at the federal, state, and municipal levels, and that at the federal and state levels there are both laws (created by legislation) and regulations (created by government agencies as a set of standards for administering the laws). Make sure that you are consulting the most up-to-date versions of the laws and regulations you are researching. Federal Major Environmental Laws   http://www.epa.gov/epahome/laws.htm  Links to major laws administered by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. State of Maine Maine Revised Statutes: Search the Maine Statutes   (http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/search.asp) Special search engine for the text of the Maine Revised Statutes.   Or, browse the List of Titles of the Maine Revised Statutes. Rules of Maine State Agencies   (http://www.state.me.us/sos/cec/rcn/apa/). Municipal Municipal Code Enforcement Training and Certification Program (Municipal Code Enforcement  (http://www.state.me.us/spo/ceo/)    Online resource for municipal code enforcement officers, who are involved in: Shoreland Zoning, Land Use Regulation, Internal Plumbing, Subsurface Waste Water Disposal, and Building Standards. Links to municipal ordinances available over the Internet   (http://www.memun.org/resources/Public/HTML/Local_Govt/home_rule.htm) Municipal ordinances online for Maine communities. Links maintained by Maine Municipal Association. Ask a reference librarian at the Law Library Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library (http://www.state.me.us/legis/lawlib/refemail.htm)   "Reference librarians will research, and respond via e-mail to, requests that can be answered briefly and are of a legal, legislative, or governmental nature."    Search Maine libraries for books and government documents on Environmental Law in Maine last update 12/14/2003