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article 6, including administrative costs associated with any | | required impact studies or monitoring and shall adjust pertinent | | permit application fees as appropriate to ensure that such fees are | | adequate to cover such administrative costs. Beginning January 15, | | 2008, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Maine Land | | Use Regulation Commission, the Department of Health and Human | | Services and the Maine Geological Survey shall biennially review | | their administrative costs of reviewing permit applications under | | Title 12, chapter 206-A; Title 22, chapter 601; and Title 38, | | chapter 3, article 6, including administrative costs associated | | with any required impact studies or monitoring and report to the | | joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | | over natural resources matters on the adequacy of such fees to | | cover pertinent administrative costs anticipated in the next | | biennium. |
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| | | Sec. B-3. Rulemaking. The Department of Environmental Protection, | | the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, the Department of | | Health and Human Services and the Maine Geological Survey may | | adopt routine technical rules, as defined in the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, to establish a | | consistent, efficient and effective approach to review of | | pertinent hydrogeological and related natural resources issues or | | adjust permit fees as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this Part. |
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| | | Sec. C-1. Study of state regulation of groundwater withdrawal. The Land and | | Water Resources Council established in the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 5, section 3331 and referred to in this Part as | | "the council" shall undertake a study of current state law | | regarding regulation of withdrawal of groundwater. The purpose | | of the study is to identify any changes in state law needed to | | ensure a consistent, integrated and scientifically sound state | | policy that ensures that the withdrawal of groundwater does not | | have an undue adverse effect on waters of the State, as defined | | by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 361-A, | | subsection 7; water-related natural resources; and existing uses, | | including, but not limited to, public or private wells, within | | the anticipated zone of contribution to the withdrawal. |
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| | | Sec. C-2. Oversight. The council shall begin the study under | | section 1 no later than October 1, 2005. The study must be | | carried out under the direction of the council with work | | performed by an interagency staff work group, referred to in this | | Part as "the work group," composed of appropriate personnel from | | the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of | | Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the Maine Land Use | | Regulation Commission, the Department of Health and Human |
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