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relating to mandatory shoreland zoning and natural resources |
| protection when those standards are consistent with standards |
| established by the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission. It |
| authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having |
| jurisdiction over forestry matters to report out a bill to the |
| Second Regular Session of the 120th Legislature to amend statutes |
| administered and enforced by the Department of Environmental |
| Protection and the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission pertaining |
| to timber harvesting activities. This bill also eliminates any |
| waiting period for road construction activities associated with |
| forest management activities. A permit by rule becomes effective |
| when the Department of Environmental Protection receives |
| notification of the activity as long as the notification is |
| complete and the activity is eligible for a permit by rule. |
