Sec. X-6. 38 MRSA §423, as amended by PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. B, §49, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§423.__Discharge of waste from watercraft

1.__Discharge from watercraft prohibited.__A person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may not discharge, spill or permit to be discharged sewage, garbage or other pollutants from watercraft:

A.__Into inland waters of the State;

B.__On the ice of inland waters of the State; or

C.__On the banks of inland waters of the State in a manner that the pollutants may fall or be washed into the waters or in a manner in which the drainage from the banks may flow into the waters.

2.__Holding tank required.__A person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may not operate upon the inland waters of the State a watercraft that has a permanently installed sanitary waste disposal system if it does not have securely affixed to the interior discharge opening of the sanitary waste disposal system a holding tank or suitable container for holding sanitary waste material so as to prevent its discharge or drainage into the inland waters of the State.

3.__Watercraft defined.__For the purposes of this section, "watercraft" has the same meaning as provided in Title 12, section 7791, subsection 14, except that "watercraft" includes houseboats.

Sec. X-7. 38 MRSA §483-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 704, Pt. A, §7 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§483-A. Prohibition

1.__Approval required.__A person may not construct or cause to be constructed or operate or cause to be operated or, in the case of a subdivision, sell or lease, offer for sale or lease or cause to be sold or leased any development of state or regional significance that may substantially affect the environment without first having obtained approval for this construction, operation, lease or sale from the department.