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required under subsection 6 and a hearing must be held if it is | | requested in writing by 5 persons. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §6072-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 231, §6, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Authority. The commissioner may issue a limited-purpose | | lease for areas in, on and under the coastal waters, including | | the public lands beneath those waters and portions of the | | intertidal zone, for commercial aquaculture research and | | development or for scientific research. The commissioner or the | | deputy commissioner acting on the commissioner's behalf may | | authorize in writing qualified professional department staff to | | issue a final decision and sign a lease document on an | | application for a limited-purpose lease.__A decision issued by | | department staff pursuant to this subsection is a final agency | | action with respect to that lease application. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §6072-A, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2001, c. 122, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Notice of application. The applicant | | that an application is complete, the commissioner shall provide | | notice of a limited-purpose lease application to owners of | | riparian land within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the | | lease and to the municipal officers of the municipality in which | | the limited-purpose lease activity would take place. The | | applicant shall provide the names and addresses of known riparian | | landowners within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the | | lease.__The names and addresses must be taken from the current | | property tax roster on file at the local municipal office or with | | the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau | | of Revenue Services for an unorganized territory. The | | commissioner shall publish a summary of the application in a | | newspaper of general circulation in the area proposed for a | | limited-purpose lease. A person may provide, within 30 days of | | receipt of notice or within 30 days of publication of a limited- | | purpose lease summary, to the commissioner comments on the | | proposed limited-purpose lease. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 12 MRSA §6072-A, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2001, c. 122, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 7. Notice of public hearing. The applicant | | shall provide notice of a public hearing to owners of riparian | | land within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the lease and | | to the municipal officers of the municipality in which the | | limited-purpose lease activity would take place. The | | commissioner shall publish notice of a public hearing in a |
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