Education in the Unorganized Territory 0220

Initiative: Provides for a one-time deappropriation of funds to the Education in the Unorganized Territory program in fiscal year 2005-06.

GENERAL FUND 2005-06 2006-07

All Other Personal Services ($400,000) $0

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GENERAL FUND TOTAL ($400,000)

Sec. C-14. Resolve 2005, c. 183, §1, sub-§§23 and 24 are amended to read:

23. Language is added regarding the verification of habitat value for shorebird nesting, feeding and staging areas that provides that:

A. An individual may voluntarily submit documentation to the Department of Environmental Protection or the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife regarding the value of a shorebird nesting, feeding or staging area;

B. Documentation must be completed by an individual who has experience and training in either wetland ecology or wildlife ecology, and therefore has qualifications sufficient to identify and document a high- or moderate- value shorebird nesting, feeding or staging area, or the documentation must be field-verified by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife;

C. Following review of the documentation, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may modify the boundary of a high- or moderate-value shorebird nesting, feeding or staging area depicted on the applicable geographic information system data layer; and

D. A landowner will receive written confirmation of the documentation from the Department of Environmental Protection; and

24. The section regarding department determinations of shorebird nesting, feeding and staging areas in the provisionally adopted rule is deleted and replaced with a provision that provides that if, upon request from a landowner, the Department of Environmental Protection staff provides a written field determination or advisory opinion regarding the presence or