Chapter 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS FOR HYDROPOWER PROJECTS

  1. § 672-11-1 - Applicability
  2. § 672-11-2 - Administering Agency
  3. § 672-11-3 - Definitions
  4. § 672-11-4 - Permit Requirements
  5. § 672-11-5 - Standard of Review
  6. § 672-11-6 - Process and Time Limits for Decisions
  7. § 672-11-7 - Terms and Conditions of Approval
  8. § 672-11-8 - Access to the Site
  9. § 672-11-9 - Severability

SUMMARY: The Department of Environmental Protection and the Land Use Planning Commission have adopted joint regulations for the processing of applications for hydropower projects under the Maine Waterway Development and Conservation Act and Maine Rivers Policy. The purpose of these regulations is to provide guidance on the administration of the Act, including guidance on how the Department and Commission will interpret the provisions of the Act and the Maine Rivers Policy, and how they will approach the judgments they must make under the criteria set forth in the Act and the Policy.

Notes

EFFECTIVE DATE:
September 29, 1987 filing 87-3, 91 days after the June 30, 1987 adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 113th Maine Legislature, as provided by 38 M.R.S. §637
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 4, 1996
NON-SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS:
April 18, 1997
September 2, 1997 - minor punctuation; converted to Microsoft Word
CORRECTION:
January 13, 2000 - removed Section 5(A)(8)as never formally adopted; restored 5(A)(7)(g) from original paper adoption.
(APA Office Note dated November 6, 2013: due to a legislatively-mandated reorganization, the Land Use Regulation Commission was renamed as Land Use Planning Commission, with its umbrella-unit number changed from 04-061 to 01-672.)
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
11/2/2017- filing 2017- 124, 91 days after the August 2, 2017 adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 128th Maine Legislature, as provided by 38 M.R.S. §637

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

5 M.R.S. §§8001 - 11008 , Maine Administrative Procedure Act

12 M.R.S. §§401 - 409 , Maine's Rivers, and §§681-689, Use Regulation

38 M.R.S. §§630 - 638 , Permits for Hydropower Projects

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