(14) From a line drawn across the tidal estuary of the Kennebec River due east of Abagadasset Point, to a line across the southwesterly area of Merrymeeting Bay formed by an extension of the Brunswick-Bath boundary across the bay in a northwesterly direction to the westerly shore of Merrymeeting Bay and to a line drawn from Chop Point in Woolwich to West Chop Point in Bath - Class B. Further, the Legislature finds that the free-flowing habitat of this river segment provides irreplaceable social and economic benefits and that this use must be maintained.

Sec. 7. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§4, ¶D, as amended by PL 1999, c. 277, §6, is further amended to read:

D. Dead River Drainage.

(1) Dead River, main stem.

(a) From the Long Falls Dam to a point 5,100 feet below the dam - Class A.

(b) From a point 5,100 feet below Long Falls Dam to its confluence with the Kennebec River - Class AA.

(2) Dead River, tributaries - Class A unless otherwise specified.

(a) Black Brook below Dead River Hatchery - Class B.

(b) Stratton Brook, Eustis, from the upper Route 16/27 bridge to its confluence with Flagstaff Lake - Class B.

(c) Spencer Stream and Little Spencer Stream - Class AA.

(d)__Horseshoe Stream in Chain of Ponds Township - Class AA.

Sec. 8. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§4, ¶E, as amended by PL 1991, c. 813, Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:

E. Messalonskee Stream Drainage.