| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§57-C, as reallocated by RR 1995, c. 2, | | §9, is amended to read: |
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| | | Marine | Salmon | Authorized | §6080 |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1983, c. 301, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Authority. The commissioner may lease areas in, on and | | under the coastal waters, including the public lands beneath | | those waters and portions of the intertidal zone, for | | scientific research or for aquaculture of marine organisms. | | The commissioner may grant a lease to any person. Except as | | provided in this Part, the commissioner's power to lease lands | | and to authorize placement of all structures within an | aquaculture lease under this section shall be | | For the purposes of this section, the deputy commissioner may | | serve in the place of the commissioner. For the purposes of | | this section, the commissioner or the deputy commissioner | | serving in the place of the commissioner may authorize in | | writing qualified professional department staff to sign lease | | documents. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 267, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3-A.__Municipal participation.__Prior to filing an | | application for a lease with the department under this | | section, an applicant shall attend a preapplication meeting to | | describe the proposed application with representatives of the | | municipality in which the proposed lease is located. |
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| | | The department shall send a copy of the completed application | | to the governing board of the municipality as well as the | | harbor master, if such a position exists. |
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| | | The department shall provide a municipality with an | | opportunity to provide written comment prior to a public | | hearing under subsection 6 on a proposed application with | | respect to any of the decision criteria under this section, | | including designated or traditional storm anchorages and the | | type of mooring gear specified in the lease application.__The | | municipality may submit an opinion supported by facts on | | whether a proposed lease is |
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