8. It deletes language regarding Department of Environmental Protection certification of water quality and lists the current requirement for a discharge permit to be obtained for affected lease applications.

9. It changes language on the notification of granted leases to remove a requirement on public notice in a local paper and adds a requirement that the Department of Marine Resources notify riparian landowners, the municipality and interested parties that a lease has been granted.

10. It amends language on the revocation of standard aquaculture leases to allow the Commissioner of Marine Resources discretion in when to initiate revocation proceedings.

11. It repeals current language on the renewal of standard leases.

12. It enacts new language on the renewal of standard leases that requires earlier notice of intent to renew and adds a requirement that leases not routinely used must be determined to still meet all of the approval criteria in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, subsection 6072, subsection 7-A.

13. It clarifies that the existing exclusive jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Marine Resources to regulate aquaculture activities on state submerged lands below the mean low-water mark includes all types of equipment to be located within a limited-purpose aquaculture lease. Language is also proposed to allow qualified professional staff to sign decision documents and leases.

14. It changes language to require the Department of Marine Resources to notify riparian landowners when a complete limited-purpose aquaculture lease application is being reviewed by the department. The applicant is required to submit the names and addresses of the riparian landowners.

15. It changes language to require the Department of Marine Resources and not the applicant to publish notice of a public hearing for a limited-purpose aquaculture lease application.

16. It repeals a provision on municipal approval and enacts new language concerning municipal participation in the limited-purpose aquaculture lease process.