Sec. 11. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§10, as amended by PL 1987, c. 453, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

10.__Notification of granted leases. After the granting of a lease:

A.__The lessee shall record the lease in the registry of deeds of each county in which the leased area is located;

B.__The department shall notify all riparian owners and interested parties and the municipality in which the lease is located that a lease has been granted.__The notice must include a description of the area and how a copy of the lease may be obtained;

C.__The lessee shall mark the leased area in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; and

D.__The lessee shall annually submit to the department a seeding and harvesting report for the past year and a seeding and harvesting plan for the coming year. Upon written request, the department shall provide a copy of the report to the municipality or municipalities in which or adjacent to which the lease is located.

Sec. 12. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§11, as amended by PL 1987, c. 453, §1, is further amended to read:

11. Monitoring and revocation of leases. The lease department shall be monitored by the department monitor a lease under this section on an annual basis. If substantially no research or aquaculture has been conducted within the preceding year, or if it aquaculture has been conducted in a manner substantially injurious to marine organisms, if no substantial aquaculture or research has been conducted over the course of the lease or if any other condition of the lease has been violated, the commissioner shall may initiate revocation proceedings and may revoke the lease. A lease revocation shall be is an adjudicatory proceeding under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter IV 4. A The department shall hold a hearing with public notice shall be held prior to revoking any lease.