| | | This criterion for the water body applies to licenses | | and water quality certificates issued on or after March | | 16, 2004. |
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| | | (2)__In Class C waters not governed by subparagraph | | (1), dissolved oxygen may not be less than 6.5 parts | | per million as a 30-day average based upon a | | temperature of 24 degrees centigrade or the ambient | | temperature of the water body, whichever is less.__This | | criterion for the water body applies to licenses and | | water quality certificates issued on or after March 16, | | 2004. |
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| | | Between May 15th and September 30th, the number of | | Escherichia coli bacteria of human and domestic animal | | origin in Class C waters may not exceed a geometric mean of | | 126 per 100 milliliters or an instantaneous level of 236 per | | 100 milliliters.__In determining human and domestic animal | | origin, the department shall assess licensed and unlicensed | | sources using available diagnostic procedures.__The board | | shall adopt rules governing the procedure for designation of | | spawning areas. Those rules must include provision for | | periodic review of designated spawning areas and | | consultation with affected persons prior to designation of a | | stretch of water as a spawning area. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §465-B, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 698, §15, | | is amended to read: |
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| | B. The dissolved oxygen content of Class SB waters shall | | must be not less than 85% of saturation. Between May 15th | | and September 30th, the numbers of enterococcus bacteria of | | human and domestic animal origin in these waters may not | | exceed a geometric mean of 8 per 100 milliliters or an | | instantaneous level of 54 per 100 milliliters. In | | determining human and domestic animal origin, the department | | shall assess licensed and unlicensed sources using available | | diagnostic procedures. The numbers of total coliform | | bacteria or other specified indicator organisms in samples | | representative of the waters in shellfish harvesting areas | | may not exceed the criteria recommended under the National | Shellfish Sanitation Program Manual of Operations, Part I, | Sanitation of Shellfish Growing Areas, United State | Department of States Food and Drug Administration. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §465-B, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 698, §15, | | is amended to read: |
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| | B. The dissolved oxygen content of Class SC waters shall must be | | not less than 70% of saturation. Between May 15th |
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