Jurien bay fish deaths under investigation
Maine State Police have opened an investigation into whether Maine State Police may have violated the P온라인 바카라 사이트ublic Health Law by refusing to turn over a batch of data gathered in 2011 that was used by the state to calculate Maine’s marine kill ratio.
Maine’s kill ratio — the ratio of fish killed annually — is based 엠카지노on fish and shellfish from the United States and Canada. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Government Accountability Office all provide their annual numbers for Maine’s kill ratio.
The kill ratio for each year is based on the number of fish that are killed in Maine’s waters each year, according to a summary of the Maine Department of Agriculture study. The State Department’s own data show the kill ratio for 2011 was 1,052.49 pounds/2,200.22 pounds/year.
The department says it decided to withhold the data when the State Health Department requested it, according to a prepared statement.
«This data was collected while other states had already collected it, and the public health impacts of Maine’s use of this data have not been adequately considered,» the statement read.
The department says it believes it was in compliance with the PHS Law.
Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican and former presidential candidate, has taken an interest in health issues and has supported funding for Maine’s proposed $9 billion health care overhaul plan.
Maine’s health care costs are projected to rise by more than $2 billion next fiscal year.
If State Police were to follow the law’s instructions and turn over the data, it would bring an end to one of the most comprehensive state health monitoring reports of any state in the country. The report was the last that the state’s health care system had completed before it went dark, and had been subject to a court order issued in late 2012 to turn over a portion of the data for public access.
In a letter to state officials on Friday, the health care industry says the information about the data could have caused problems in the upcoming «Healthy Maine Act,» a plan to replace LePage’s health care plan. The bill doesn’t include any specific prohibitions on or prohibitions on this d평택출장마사지ata collection.
The industry also says that, since Maine’s health care overhaul isn’t yet in effect, other than a requirement that the data be turned over, the data collection could lead to «significant health care costs» for consumers.