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to transport logs or pulpwood from islands to the mainland,
without a permit from the department as described in
subsection 2.

 
Sec. X-6. 38 MRSA §423, as amended by PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. B, §49,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§423.__Discharge of waste from watercraft

 
1.__Discharge from watercraft prohibited.__A person, firm,
corporation or other legal entity may not discharge, spill or
permit to be discharged sewage, garbage or other pollutants from
watercraft:

 
A.__Into inland waters of the State;

 
B.__On the ice of inland waters of the State; or

 
C.__On the banks of inland waters of the State in a manner
that the pollutants may fall or be washed into the waters or
in a manner in which the drainage from the banks may flow
into the waters.

 
2.__Holding tank required.__A person, firm, corporation or
other legal entity may not operate upon the inland waters of the
State a watercraft that has a permanently installed sanitary
waste disposal system if it does not have securely affixed to the
interior discharge opening of the sanitary waste disposal system
a holding tank or suitable container for holding sanitary waste
material so as to prevent its discharge or drainage into the
inland waters of the State.

 
3.__Watercraft defined.__For the purposes of this section,
"watercraft" has the same meaning as provided in Title 12,
section 7791, subsection 14, except that "watercraft" includes
houseboats.

 
Sec. X-7. 38 MRSA §483-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 704, Pt. A, §7
and affected by Pt. C, §2, is repealed and the following enacted
in its place:

 
§483-A. Prohibition

 
1.__Approval required.__A person may not construct or cause to
be constructed or operate or cause to be operated or, in the case
of a subdivision, sell or lease, offer for sale or lease or cause
to be sold or leased any development of state or regional
significance that may substantially affect the environment
without first having obtained approval for this construction,
operation, lease or sale
from the department.


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