Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §480-Q, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1995, c. 460, §5, is further amended to read:

6. Agricultural activities. Subject to other provisions of this article that govern other protected natural resources, altering a freshwater wetland for the purpose of normal farming activities such as clearing of vegetation for agricultural purposes if the land topography is not altered, plowing, seeding, cultivating, minor drainage and harvesting, construction or maintenance of farm or livestock ponds or irrigation ditches, maintenance of drainage ditches and construction or maintenance of farm roads;

SUMMARY

This bill amends the law to allow for the construction of farm ponds used for irrigation in low-value wetlands.