Article 5-A - NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT

Section 480-A - Findings; purpose; short title
Section 480-B - Definitions
Section 480-C - Prohibitions
Section 480-D - Standards
Section 480-E - Permit processing requirements
Section 480-E-1 - Delegation of permit-granting authority to Maine Land Use Planning Commission
Section 480-E-2 - Delegation of review authority to the Department of Health and Human Services or to a community public water system
Section 480-E-3 - Delegation of permit-granting authority to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry
Section 480-F - Delegation of permit-granting authority to municipality; home rule
Section 480-G - Periodic review of delegated authority
Section 480-H - Rules; performance and use standards
Section 480-I - Identification of freshwater wetlands and fragile mountain areas
Section 480-J - Maps
Section 480-K - Data bank
Section 480-L - Research
Section 480-M - Funds
Section 480-N - Lake Water Quality Restoration and Protection Fund
Section 480-O - Bulkheads and retaining walls on Scarborough River; permit requirements
Section 480-P - Special protection for outstanding river segments
Section 480-Q - Activities for which a permit is not required
Section 480-R - Violations; enforcement
Section 480-S - Fee for significant wildlife habitat review
Section 480-T - Transportation improvements (REPEALED)
Section 480-U - Cranberry cultivation
Section 480-V - Applicability
Section 480-W - Emergency actions to protect threatened property
Section 480-X - Alterations of freshwater wetlands
Section 480-Y - Creation of agricultural irrigation ponds
Section 480-Z - Compensation
Section 480-AA - Coastal sand dune rules
Section 480-BB - Significant wildlife habitat; major substantive rules
Section 480-CC - Significant wildlife habitat; shorebird feeding and roosting areas
Section 480-DD - Significant wildlife habitat criteria; reduction in certain significant wildlife habitats due to development or topography
Section 480-EE - Significant wildlife habitat criteria; inland open water
Section 480-FF - Notification of identification; shorebird nesting, feeding and staging areas
Section 480-GG - High and moderate value inland waterfowl and wading bird habitat and excavations and quarries authorized pursuant to article 6, 7 or 8-A
Section 480-HH - General permit for offshore wind energy demonstration project
Section 480-II - Small-scale wind energy development; permit requirements
Section 480-JJ - Program to reduce erosion and protect lake water quality
Section 480-KK - Coastal Sand Dune Restoration and Protection Fund