CHAPTER 227

S.P. 162 - L.D. 443

An Act To List Agriculture as a Designated Use in Water

Quality Standards

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §465, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 698, §15, is amended to read:

A. Class AA waters shall must be of such quality that they are suitable for the designated uses of drinking water after disinfection, fishing, agriculture, recreation in and on the water and, navigation and as habitat for fish and other aquatic life. The habitat shall must be characterized as free flowing free-flowing and natural.

Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §465, sub-§2, ķA, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 698, §15, is amended to read:

A. Class A waters shall must be of such quality that they are suitable for the designated uses of drinking water after disinfection; fishing; agriculture; recreation in and on the water; industrial process and cooling water supply; hydroelectric power generation, except as prohibited under Title 12, section 403; and navigation; and as habitat for fish and other aquatic life. The habitat shall must be characterized as natural.

Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §465, sub-§3, ķA, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 698, §15, is amended to read:

A. Class B waters shall must be of such quality that they are suitable for the designated uses of drinking water