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shall review the application within 30 | | structural means are used to meet those standards, the department | | shall review the application within 90 calendar days. The review | | period begins upon receipt of a complete application and may be | | extended pursuant to section 344-B or if a joint order is required | | pursuant to subsection 5. The department may request additional | | information necessary to determine whether the standards of this | | section are met. The application is deemed approved if the | | department does not notify the applicant within the applicable | | review period. |
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| | | The department may allow a municipality or a quasi-municipal | | organization, such as a watershed management district, to | | substitute a management system for storm water approved by the | | department for the permit requirement applicable to projects in a | | designated area of the municipality. The municipality or quasi- | | municipality may elect to have this substitution take effect at | | the time the system is approved by the department, or at the time | | the system is completed as provided in an implementation schedule | | approved by the department. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 38 MRSA §436-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 403, §4, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Coastal wetlands. "Coastal wetlands" means all tidal and | subtidal lands; all lands below any identifiable debris line left | by tidal action; | | tolerant of salt water and occurs primarily in a salt water or | | estuarine habitat; and any swamp, marsh, bog, beach, flat or | other contiguous low land which | during the maximum spring | | which an activity is proposed as identified in tide tables | | published by the National Ocean Service. Coastal wetlands may | | include portions of coastal sand dunes. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 663, §2, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | B. East Machias River, tributaries - Class A unless | | otherwise specified. |
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| | | (1) All tributaries entering below the Route 191 bridge in | | Jacksonville, except as specified in subparagraph (7) - | | Class B. |
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| | | (2) Beaverdam Brook - Class AA. |
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| | | (3) Seavey Brook in Crawford - Class AA. |
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| | | (4) Harmon Brook in Crawford - Class AA. |
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