| | | Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §420-D, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 704, Pt. B, | | §2 and affected by PL 1997, c. 603, §§8 and 9, is amended to | | read: |
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| | | 1. Standards. The department shall adopt rules specifying | | quantity and quality standards for storm water. Storm water | | quality standards for projects with 3 acres or less of impervious | | surface may address phosphorus, nitrates and suspended solids but | | may not directly address other dissolved or hazardous materials | unless infiltration is proposed. Storm water quality standards | apply only in the direct watersheds of waterbodies most at risk | from development and in sensitive or threatened geographic | regions or watersheds defined by the department under subsection | 4. Until such regions are defined, storm water quality standards | are not required to be met by a permit applicant. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §420-D, sub-§7, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 704, Pt. | | B, §2 and affected by PL 1997, c. 603, §§8 and 9, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §420-D, sub-§10, as amended by PL 1997, c. 502, §3 and | | affected by c. 603, §§8 and 9, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 38 MRSA §420-D, sub-§§12 and 13 are enacted to read: |
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| | | 12. Fees. An applicant for a permit under this section shall | | pay a fee to the department as follows. |
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| | | A. If structural means of storm water control are used, the | | fee is $500 for the first acre of disturbed area, plus $250 | | for each additional whole acre of disturbed area. |
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| | | B.__If solely vegetative means of storm water control are | | used, the fee is $250 for the first acre of disturbed area, | | plus $125 for each additional whole acre of disturbed area. |
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| | | C. When a permit by rule is required as provided by rules | | adopted by the department, the fee is $55. |
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| | | If a project described in paragraph A or B is reviewed and | | approved by a professional engineer at a soil and water | | conservation district office that has a memorandum of | | understanding with the department concerning review of projects | | pursuant to this section, the fee is reduced to $100 for the | | first acre of disturbed area, plus $50 for each additional whole | | acre of disturbed area. |
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| | | 13. Significant existing sources.__The department may require | | a person owning or operating a significant existing source of | | storm water to implement a storm water management |
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