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Title 30-A - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIESPart 2 - MUNICIPALITIESSubpart 6-A - PLANNING AND LAND USE REGULATIONChapter 187 - PLANNING AND LAND USE REGULATION
Subchapter 6 - MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF WATER LEVELS AND MINIMUM FLOWS
Section 4455 - Registration for authority to regulate

Me. Stat. tit. 30-A § 4455

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Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 684
Section 4455 - Registration for authority to regulate

Prior to regulating a water level regime or minimum flow on any impounded body of water, a municipality shall adopt an ordinance and submit that ordinance to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection for review and approval. An ordinance adopted under this section must include: [1993, c. 370, §1(NEW).]

1.Substance of state law. All substantive provisions of Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 3-A. The ordinance may not allow a municipality to establish a water level regime or minimum flow requirements for any dam listed in Title 38, section 840, subsection 1, paragraphs A to D; and

[1993, c. 370, §1(NEW).]

2.Commissioner as petitioner. Provisions allowing the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and any municipality downstream of the impoundment to petition the municipality for an adjudicatory hearing.

[1993, c. 370, §1(NEW).]

An ordinance adopted under this subchapter may establish a fee for adjudicatory hearings conducted by the municipality. [1993, c. 370, §1(NEW).]

30-A M.R.S. § 4455

1993, c. 370, § 1 (NEW) .