Section 214-3-3.1 - GENERAL PROVISIONSa. In accordance with the provisions of Section 1063, Chapter 22, Title 37-B M.R.S.A., it is the intent of these dam regulations to provide for the proper and safe design and construction of impounding structures not exempt from the law to the extent required for the protection of public safety.b. These regulations shall not be construed or interpreted to relieve the owner or operator of any impoundment or impounding structure of any legal duties, obligations, or liabilities incident to ownership, design, construction, operation, or maintenance of the impounding structure.c. These regulations shall not serve to negate nor to satisfy requirements applicable to existing or proposed impounding structures which may be imposed through provisions of other local, state or federal laws, regulations, or ordinances.d. Any owner who owns, controls, operates, maintains, or manages an impounding structure or impoundment not exempt from the law, or any owner who proposes to perform any of the preceding, or any owner who proposes to construct an impounding structure not exempt from the law, shall engage a licensed Professional Engineer who is practicing in Maine in accordance with applicable laws of Maine to perform any engineering analysis required to comply with these regulations. Such plans and specifications, engineering analyses, and any other document prepared in compliance with the provisions of these dam regulations shall bear the Maine seal of the licensed Professional Engineer who has been engaged to prepare same.e. These regulations are effective July 1, 1990.15- 214 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 3.1