Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 137-13-07 - Motor Size Restrictions on Certain Internal Waters1. For the purpose of determining the horsepower of machinery used to propel watercraft for compliance with this Rule the following definition shall apply: A. "Horsepower" means the manufacturer's rated horsepower of the machinery and shall include the aggregate of all such propellant machinery on a watercraft.2. No person, except officers empowered to enforce this Rule while in the line of duty, or representatives of a governmental agency while conducting authorized studies on these waters, shall operate motorboats propelled by machinery in excess of the following horsepower limitations on the water bodies listed for each respective category below. A. No motorboats allowed: (1) Adams Pond, Boothbay, Lincoln County.(2) Big Brook, from Burt Garrity Road to and including Big Brook Lake, Township T13R10 WELS and Township T14R10 WELS, Aroostook County.(3) Blood Pond, Township T2R13 WELS, Piscataquis County.(4) Boston Pond, Denmark, Oxford County. (5) Bradley Pond, Lovell, Oxford County. (6) Clay Pond, also known as Clays Pond, Fryeburg, Oxford County. (7) Cushman Pond, Lovell, Oxford County. (8) Durgin Pond, T2R6, BKP WKR, Somerset County, Somerset County. (9) Frypan Pond, T2R5 BKP EKR, Somerset County. (10) Hooper Pond, also known as Little Sabattus Pond, Greene, Androscoggin County. (11) Horseshoe Pond, Denmark, Oxford County. (12) Levenseller Pond, Searsmont and Lincolnville, Waldo County. (13) Little Berry Pond, T2R6 BKP WKR, Somerset County. (14) Little Kennebago Lake, T3R4, Franklin County. (15) Little Pond, Damariscotta, Lincoln County. (16) Lone Jack Pond, T2R6 BKP WKR, Somerset County.(17) Loon Lake, Dallas Plantation and Rangeley, Franklin County.(18) Martin Pond, also known as Long Pond, The Forks Plantation, Somerset County.(19) Moxie Long Bog, Bald Mountain Township, southern Somerset County.(20) Round Pond, T1R6 BKP WKR, Somerset County.(21) Saddleback Lake, Dallas Plantation, Franklin County.(22) Sand Pond, Limington, York County.(23) Simpson Pond, Roque Bluffs, Washington County.(24) Thompson Lake, Casco, Cumberland County; restricted on the southernmost part known as The Heath, which is separated from the main body by a causeway.(25) Trout Pond, T3 R5 BKP EKR, Piscataquis County.(26) Upper Dam Pool, T4R1, Oxford County; restricted from gates of dam downstream (westerly) 150 yards.(27) Upper Goose Pond (the northern portion of Goose Pond which is separated by a narrow thoroughfare), Shapleigh, York County.(28) Walton's Mill Pond, Farmington, Franklin County.(29) Watson Pond, Rome, Kennebec County. (30) Wiley Pond, Boothbay, Lincoln County. B. Motorboats with more than 6 horsepower prohibited:(1) Black Lake, Fort Kent, Aroostook County.(2) Boyd Pond, Bristol, Lincoln County (3) Farrington Pond, Lovell, Oxford County(4) Foss Pond, Kingsbury Plantation, Piscataquis County(5) Granger Pond, Denmark, Oxford County (6) Haley Pond, Dallas Plantation and Rangeley, Franklin County.(7) Harriman Pond, Dedham, Hancock County(8) Heald Pond, Lovell, Oxford County.(9) Horseshoe Pond, Stoneham and Lovell, Oxford County.(10) Little Pond, Denmark, Oxford County(11) Little Pond, formerly known as Ell or L Pond, Sanford and Wells, York County(12) Perley's Pond, also known as Perley Pond, Denmark, Oxford County (13) Rich Mill Pond, Standish, Cumberland County C. Motorboats with more than 10 horsepower prohibited:(1) Arnold Brook Recreation Watershed in Presque Isle, Aroostook County.(2) Barrett Pond, Holeb Township, Somerset County. (3) Beals Pond, also known as Crystal Pond, Turner, Androscoggin County. (4) Beaver Pond, Denmark, Oxford County. (5) Big Fish Pond, also known as Fish Pond, Holeb Township, Somerset County. (6) Cox Pond, South Berwick, York County.(7) East Carry Pond, Carrying Place Township, Somerset County. (8) Echo Lake, Mount Desert, Hancock County. (9) Fahi Pond, Embden, Somerset County. (10) Five Kezar Ponds: (Mud, Little Mud, Back, Middle & Jewett Ponds) located singly or jointly in Waterford, Stoneham and Lovell, Oxford County.(11) Hobbs Pond, also known as Little Pennessawassee Pond, Norway, Oxford County. (12) Hodgdon Pond, Tremont and Mount Desert, Hancock County. (13) Knickerbocker Lakes, Boothbay, Lincoln County. (14) Lard Pond, Turner, Androscoggin County.(15) Little Turner Pond, Forsythe Township, Somerset County. (16) Long Pond, Forsythe Township and Holeb Township, Somerset County. (17) Lower Range Pond, Poland, Androscoggin County. (18) Mainstream Pond, Harmony, Cambridge and Ripley, Somerset County.(19) McKenney Pond, Holeb Township, Somerset County. (20) Moulton Pond, Dedham and Bucksport, Hancock County. (21) Nadeau Lake, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County. (22) Nequasset Lake, Woolwich, Sagadahoc County. (23) North Pond, Buckfield and Sumner, Oxford County (see 5 d. below for additional restrictions)(24) Notched Pond, Gray, Raymond, Cumberland County.(25) Sand Pond, Embden, Somerset County. (26) Sand Pond, Sanford, York County. (27) Seal Cove Pond, Tremont, Hancock County. (28) Spectacle Pond, Vassalboro and Augusta, Kennebec County.(29) Stevens Pond, Liberty, Waldo County. (30) Timoney Lake, Oakfield and Smyrna, Aroostook County.(31) Toddy Pond, Brooks and Swanville, Waldo County.(32) Turner Pond, Forsythe Township, Somerset County. (33) Webber Pond, Bremen, Lincoln County.(34) West Harbor Pond, Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County.D. Motorboats with more than 10 horsepower prohibited from June 1 to September 15:(1) Little Black River, tributary to the St. John River, Aroostook County.E. Motorboats with internal combustion engines prohibited: (1) Beaver Pond, Bridgton, Cumberland County. (2) Garland Pond, Sebec and Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County.(3) Mt. Blue Pond, Avon, Franklin County.(4) North Pond, within 300 yards of the North Pond Dam, Buckfield and Sumner, Oxford County.(5) Pinkham Pond, Alna, Lincoln County.(6) Scituate Pond, York, York County.(7) Sewell Pond, Arrowsic, Sagadahoc County. (8) York Pond, Eliot, York County. 09-137 C.M.R. ch. 13, § 07