(2)__The developed area of a facility required to meet ongoing storm water management standards pursuant to a waste discharge individual license or general permit for storm water issued pursuant to section 413.

Sec. 5. Transition. On or after the effective date of this Act, if a person constructs, or causes to be constructed, a project that includes one acre or more of disturbed area, prior approval is required pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 420-D.

1. A project that required approval prior to the effective date of this Act continues to require approval on and after the effective date of this Act.

2. If a project did not require approval prior to the effective date of this Act and there will be construction on one or more acres of disturbed area on or after the effective date of this Act, then the construction on or after the effective date of this Act requires prior approval.

3. A disturbed area of less than one acre continues to be counted toward the one-acre permit threshold following permanent stabilization to the extent it is considered developed area as defined in rules adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the laws relating to storm water management as recommended by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to Public Law 2003, chapter 318. It requires that all projects subject to the storm water laws meet basic water quality protection standards. It sets the permit threshold at one acre of disturbance. It regulates existing sources in the watershed of impaired waters where they are identified as significant contributors to the cause of impairment.