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| | | An Act Relating to Storm Water Management |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §420-D, sub-§7, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 704, Pt. | | B, §2 and affected by Pt. C, §2 and PL 1997, c. 603, §8, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | B. Disturbing areas for the purpose of normal farming | | activities, such as clearing of vegetation, plowing, | | seeding, cultivating, minor drainage and harvesting, does | | not require review pursuant to this section. A manure | | storage facility that is designed, constructed, managed and | | maintained in accordance with the United States Department | | of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service | | guidelines does not require review pursuant to this section.__ | | For purposes of this paragraph, "manure storage facility" | | means a facility used primarily for containing manure. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Storm water management rules. Notwithstanding the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 420-D, the Board of | | Environmental Protection shall provisionally adopt rules in | | accordance with Title 5, chapter 375 to regulate storm water | | management. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major | | substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter | | 2-A and must be provisionally adopted and submitted to the | | Legislature no later than January 2, 2005. |
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