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Environmental Protection Agency ceases issuing permits | | for discharges of pollutants to waters of this State | | pursuant to the administrator's authority under the | | Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Section 402(c)(1), | | any proposed license to which the administrator has | | formally objected under 40 Code of Federal Regulations, | | Section 123.44, as amended, or any license that would not | | provide for compliance with applicable requirements of | | that Act or regulations adopted thereunder; |
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| | | (8) Discharges for which the imposition of conditions | | can not ensure compliance with applicable water quality | | requirements of this State or another state; |
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| | | (9) Discharges that would, in the judgment of the | | Secretary of the United States Army, substantially | | impair anchorage or navigation; |
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| | | (10) Discharges that would be inconsistent with a plan | | or plan amendment approved under the Federal Water | | Pollution Control Act, Section 208(b); and |
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| | | (11) Discharges that would cause unreasonable | | degradation of marine waters or when insufficient | | information exists to make a reasonable judgment | | whether the discharge would cause unreasonable | | degradation of marine waters. |
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| | | Notwithstanding subparagraph (6), the department may issue a | | wastewater discharge license allowing for an increase in the | | volume or quantity of discharges of domestic pollutants from | | any university, college or school administrative unit sewage | | facility, as long as the university, college or school | | administrative unit has a wastewater discharge license valid | | on the effective date of this paragraph and the increase in | | discharges does not violate the conditions of subparagraphs | | (1) to (5) and (7) to (11) or other applicable laws. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §465, sub-§1, śC, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | | c. 574, §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | C. Except as provided in this paragraph, there may be no | | direct discharge of pollutants to Class AA waters. |
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| | | (1) Storm water discharges that are in compliance with | | state and local requirements are allowed. |
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| | | (2) A discharge to Class AA waters that are or once were | | populated by a distinct population segment of Atlantic salmon as | | determined pursuant to the United |
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