| An Act Relating to Storm Water Management |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §420-D, sub-§7, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 704, Pt. | B, §2 and affected by Pt. C, §2 and PL 1997, c. 603, §8, is | amended to read: |
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| B. Disturbing areas for the purpose of normal farming | activities, such as clearing of vegetation, plowing, | seeding, cultivating, minor drainage and harvesting, does | not require review pursuant to this section. A manure | storage facility that is designed, constructed, managed and | maintained in accordance with the United States Department | of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service | guidelines does not require review pursuant to this section.__ | For purposes of this paragraph, "manure storage facility" | means a facility used primarily for containing manure. |
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| | Sec. 2. Storm water management rules. Notwithstanding the Maine | Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 420-D, the Board of | Environmental Protection shall provisionally adopt rules in | accordance with Title 5, chapter 375 to regulate storm water | management. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major | substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter | 2-A and must be provisionally adopted and submitted to the | Legislature no later than January 2, 2005. |
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