The recreational use limit of the West Branch Penobscot River between McKay Station and Pockwockamus Falls is 560 commercial passengers per day. Noncommercial recreational use is not limited.

§12912. Rapidly flowing rivers

1.__User fee.__Each outfitter shall pay a user fee of $1 per passenger, excluding guides, carried by the outfitter on any rapidly flowing river.__This fee must be paid by the 30th day of the month following the month in which the passengers were carried.

2.__Reporting.__Each outfitter shall report monthly to the department the number of passengers carried each day on each rapidly flowing river.__This report must be accurate and be submitted by the 30th day of the month following the month in which the passengers were carried.

3.__Passenger limitation.__Except as provided in this subsection, an outfitter may not carry on any rapidly flowing river more than 92 passengers per day or more than the allocations for that outfitter's largest single day on that river, whichever number is greater.__On allocated days, that limit may be exceeded only as provided in section 12913, subsection 7, paragraph C.__On unallocated days, an outfitter may occasionally carry up to 4 additional passengers to accommodate problems in booking.__Abuse of this privilege results in its loss.

§12913.__Allocation system

1.__Goals.__The goals of the allocation system are:

A.__To encourage a wide diversity of whitewater trip experiences and services;

B.__To provide a fair distribution of river use among existing and future users;

C.__To maximize competition within the recreational use limits;

D.__To allow for reasonable business stability for outfitters by allowing stable, well-qualified outfitters who are providing excellent service and meeting the conditions of their allocations to continue to do so, subject to periodic review;