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LR 2593
Item 1

 
Sec. 15. 12 MRSA §12457, sub-§1, ķA, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9
and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §245 and affected by §422, is
further amended to read:

 
A. The area within 150 feet of any operational fishway,
except:

 
(1) At the following places, the fishway and the area
within 75 feet of any part of the fishway are closed to
fishing at all times:

 
(a) Grand Falls Powerhouse Dam on the St. Croix
River in Baileyville; and

 
(b) Woodland Dam on the St. Croix River in
Baileyville;

 
(2) At the following places, the area within the
fishway and within 75 feet of the downstream mouth of
the fishway is closed to fishing at all times:

 
(a) East Grand Lake Dam in Forest City Township,
T9 R4 NBPP, except that fishing upstream from the
dam at the top of the fishway is lawful; and

 
(b) Spednic Lake Dam in Vanceboro;

 
(2-A)__At the following places, the area within 75 feet
of the mouth of the fishway is closed to fishing at all
times:

 
(a)__Spednic Lake Dam in Vanceboro;

 
(3) At the so-called ice control dam on the
Narraguagus River in the Town of Cherryfield, the area
within 100 feet of the dam must be closed to fishing at
all times;

 
(4) At East Outlet Dam in Sapling Township, T1R7, in
Somerset County and in Big Moose Township, T2R6, in
Piscataquis County at the outlet of Moosehead Lake, the
fishway and the area within 50 feet of any part of the
fishway must be closed to fishing at all times; and

 
(5) There is no fishing in or from the fishway at the
Sheepscot Lake Dam in the Town of Palermo in Waldo
County;

 
Sec. 16. 12 MRSA §12654-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt.
B, §277 and affected by §422, is amended to read:


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