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An Act To Exempt Farmers from Certain Oversight in Shoreland Areas
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §439-B, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 593, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
3.  Application.     This section does not apply to:
 
A.  Activities resulting in less than one cubic yard of earth material being added or displaced; and
 
B.  Farmers using normal tilling practices.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that the tilling practices of farmers in shoreland areas are not required to be managed by persons certified in erosion control practices.