| This criterion for the water body applies to licenses | and water quality certificates issued on or after March | 16, 2004. |
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| (2)__In Class C waters not governed by subparagraph | (1), dissolved oxygen may not be less than 6.5 parts | per million as a 30-day average based upon a | temperature of 24 degrees centigrade or the ambient | temperature of the water body, whichever is less.__This | criterion for the water body applies to licenses and | water quality certificates issued on or after March 16, | 2004. |
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| Between May 15th and September 30th, the number of | Escherichia coli bacteria of human and domestic animal | origin in Class C waters may not exceed a geometric mean of | 126 per 100 milliliters or an instantaneous level of 236 per | 100 milliliters.__In determining human and domestic animal | origin, the department shall assess licensed and unlicensed | sources using available diagnostic procedures.__The board | shall adopt rules governing the procedure for designation of | spawning areas. Those rules must include provision for | periodic review of designated spawning areas and | consultation with affected persons prior to designation of a | stretch of water as a spawning area. |
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| | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §465-B, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 698, §15, | is amended to read: |
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| B. The dissolved oxygen content of Class SB waters shall | must be not less than 85% of saturation. Between May 15th | and September 30th, the numbers of enterococcus bacteria of | human and domestic animal origin in these waters may not | exceed a geometric mean of 8 per 100 milliliters or an | instantaneous level of 54 per 100 milliliters. In | determining human and domestic animal origin, the department | shall assess licensed and unlicensed sources using available | diagnostic procedures. The numbers of total coliform | bacteria or other specified indicator organisms in samples | representative of the waters in shellfish harvesting areas | may not exceed the criteria recommended under the National | Shellfish Sanitation Program Manual of Operations, Part I, | Sanitation of Shellfish Growing Areas, United State | Department of States Food and Drug Administration. |
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| | Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §465-B, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 698, §15, | is amended to read: |
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| B. The dissolved oxygen content of Class SC waters shall must be | not less than 70% of saturation. Between May 15th |
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