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§4454
Title 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES
Subpart 6-A: PLANNING AND LAND USE REGULATION
Chapter 187: PLANNING AND LAND USE REGULATION
Subchapter 6: MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF WATER LEVELS AND MINIMUM FLOWS
§4456

§4455. Registration for authority to regulate

Prior to regulating a water level regime or minimum flow on any impounded body of water, a municipality shall adopt an ordinance and submit that ordinance to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection for review and approval. An ordinance adopted under this section must include:   [PL 1993, c. 370, §1 (NEW).]
1.  Substance of state law.  All substantive provisions of Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 3‑A. The ordinance may not allow a municipality to establish a water level regime or minimum flow requirements for any dam listed in Title 38, section 840, subsection 1, paragraphs A to D; and  
[PL 1993, c. 370, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Commissioner as petitioner.  Provisions allowing the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and any municipality downstream of the impoundment to petition the municipality for an adjudicatory hearing.  
[PL 1993, c. 370, §1 (NEW).]
An ordinance adopted under this subchapter may establish a fee for adjudicatory hearings conducted by the municipality.   [PL 1993, c. 370, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 370, §1 (NEW).
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