Section 669-23-3 - SCOPE AND APPLICABILITYA.SCOPE. This rule establishes timber harvesting standards for forest lands in Maine which are purchased or acquired after the effective date of this rule, and harvested and sold or offered for sale or otherwise conveyed within five years of acquisition. Unless an exemption applies, it is a violation of this rule and of the statute if a landowner conducts timber harvesting on a parcel without complying with this rule and then sells, offers for sale, or otherwise conveys the parcel, or any portion thereof, within five years of its acquisition.
B. Applicability. Whenever provisions of this rule are less stringent than corresponding provisions of applicable federal, state, or municipal law or regulations, the more stringent provisions apply.01- 669 C.M.R. ch. 23, § 3