| | | Sec. 2. Membership. Resolved: That the department shall invite a | | marine biologist, an oceanographer and a harbor master and a | | representative of each of the following interested parties to | | participate in the stakeholder group: the Joint Standing | | Committee on Natural Resources, an environmental advocacy | | organization, a marine trade association, the marina industry, | | the United States Coast Guard, a group representing the interests | | of saltwater recreational boaters, the boatbuilding industry, the | | commercial fishing industry including lobstermen and shellfish | | harvesters, the aquaculture industry, the tourism industry, the | | hotel industry, an organization whose mission is to protect Casco | | Bay, a group representing the Maine petroleum industry, the | | marine terminal industry and other interested parties as | | determined by the department; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 3. Duties. Resolved: That the Department of Environmental | | Protection, with the assistance of the stakeholder group | | established pursuant to section 2, shall develop a recommended | | plan for prohibiting or regulating the discharge of sewage and | | gray water from vessels into the coastal waters of the State. | | The department shall, at a minimum, hold one meeting in Portland | | with the stakeholder group and one meeting in Bar Harbor with the | | stakeholder group. The department shall include in its review | | the following: |
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| | | 1. The issues identified in Legislative Document 1158, "An | | Act to Protect Maine's Coastal Water" of the 121st Legislature; |
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| | | 2. The benefits and detriments to identifying certain waters | | in Casco Bay as no-discharge zones prior to applying to the | | United States Environmental Protection Agency for designation of | | up to 50 significant harbors or bays in the territorial waters of | | the State as no-discharge zones pursuant to Public Law 1999, | | chapter 655; |
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| | | 3. A process for determining the boundaries of those waters | | that should be designated as no-discharge zones; and |
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| | | 4. The parameters for the regulation of gray water, including | | vessel weight and vessel passenger capacity; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 4. Report. Resolved: That the Department of Environmental | | Protection shall submit to the Joint Standing Committee on | | Natural Resources no later than November 1, 2003 a recommended | | plan, including any legislation necessary to implement the plan, | | for prohibiting or regulating the discharge of sewage and gray | | water from vessels into the coastal waters of the State; and be | | it further |
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