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| | | An Act To Promote the Uniform Implementation of the |
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| | | Statewide Standards for Timber Harvesting and Related |
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| | | Activities in Shoreland Areas |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-A, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 335, §1, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 12.__Timber harvesting activities in areas adjacent to rivers, | | streams, ponds, wetlands and tidal waters.__Rules adopted by the | | Commissioner of Conservation pursuant to section 8867-B for the | | purpose of regulating timber harvesting and timber harvesting | | activities in areas adjacent to rivers, streams, ponds, wetlands | | and tidal waters become effective for the unorganized and | | deorganized areas__on the date established under Title 38, | | section 438-B, subsection 5. |
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| | | The Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of | | Conservation shall administer and enforce the regulation of | | timber harvesting and timber harvesting activities in these | | areas.__For the purposes of this subsection, "timber harvesting" | | and "timber harvesting activities" have the same meanings as in | | section 8868, subsections 4 and 5. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §438-A, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 335, §4, is | | amended to read: |
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