| | | Sec. B-2. Permit fees. The Department of Environmental Protection, | | the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, the Department of | | Health and Human Services and the Maine Geological Survey shall | | each review their administrative costs of reviewing permit | | applications under the Maine Revised Statutes, 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 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 major substantive 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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