LD 1622
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(4) Contains any type of palustrine natural community of
which there are 20 or fewer occurrences in the State;

 
(5) Contains any of the following resources:

 
(a) Habitat for species appearing on the official
state or federal lists of endangered or threatened
species when there is evidence that the species is
present;

 
(b) As defined by rule by the Commissioner of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, whether or not the
resource has been mapped, high-value and moderate-
value deer wintering areas; deer travel corridors;
high-value and moderate-value waterfowl or wading
bird habitats, including nesting and feeding
areas; shorebird nesting, feeding or staging
areas; or seabird nesting islands; or

 
(c) Critical spawning and nesting areas for
Atlantic salmon as defined by rule by the Atlantic
Salmon Commission whether or not mapped;

 
(6) Is located within 250 feet of the normal high
water line and within the same watershed of any lake or
pond classified as GPA under section 465-A;

 
(7) Is a bog dominated by ericaceous shrubs, sedges
and sphagnum moss and usually having a saturated water
regime, except that applications proposing reclamation
of previously mined peat bogs may be considered;

 
(8) Is land adjacent to the main stem of a major
river, as classified in section 467, that is inundated
with floodwater during a 100-year flood event and that
under normal circumstances supports a prevalence of
wetland vegetation, typically adapted for life in
saturated soils; or

 
(9) Contains at least 20,000 square feet of aquatic
vegetation, emergent marsh vegetation or open water,
except for artificial ponds or impoundments, during
most of the growing season in most years; except that
cranberry cultivation is allowed more than 250 feet
from the edge of the area of aquatic vegetation,
emergent marsh vegetation or open water.

 
A project to cultivate indigenous cranberries may be located in
wetlands described in subparagraphs (6) and (7) only if


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