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$100,000 as long as total expenditures for the small projects do
not exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year and not more than one
grant is made to any applicant each year, except that the
commissioner may pay a percentage of the cost of individual
projects serving single-family dwellings, seasonal dwellings or
commercial establishments according to the following schedule:

 
ANNUAL INCOMESINGLE-FAMILYSEASONAL COMMERCIAL

 
DWELLINGDWELLINGESTABLISHMENT

 
$0 to $5,000 100% 25% 50% 50%

 
$5,001 to $20,000 90% 25% 50% 50%

 
$20,001 to $30,000 50% 25% 50% 50%

 
$30,001 to $40,000 25% 25% 25%

 
$40,001 or more 0% 0% 0%

 
Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §411-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as affected by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt.
A, §40 and as amended by Pt. B, §25, is further amended to read:

 
C. The commissioner shall pay 25% 50% of the costs of a
project that results in the removal of a seasonal
residential overboard discharge.

 
Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §439-A, sub-§4-A, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 748,
§3, is amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read:

 
(2) An existing well-distributed stand of trees and
other vegetation, as defined in the minimum guidelines
adopted by the Board of Environmental Protection,
extends at least 50 feet inland from the normal high-
water line or upland edge of a wetland for the entire
width of the property or, if such a stand is not
present, a written plan by the property owner to
reestablish a buffer of native trees, shrubs and other
ground cover within 50 feet of the shoreline normal
high-water line or upland edge of a wetland is approved
by the municipal planning board. The plan must be
implemented at the time of construction and must be
designed to meet the minimum guidelines adopted by the
Board of Environmental Protection as the vegetation
matures. Rules adopted pursuant to this subparagraph
are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5,
chapter 375, subchapter II-A; and

 
Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §480-B, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 809, §2, is
amended to read:


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