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| | | An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Water Quality Standards |
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| | | for Ragged and Seboomook Lakes |
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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| | | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §464, sub-§9, as amended by PL 1993, c. 344, §2, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §464, sub-§9-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 9-A.__Existing hydropower impoundments managed as great ponds; | | habitat and aquatic life criteria.__The following provisions | | govern habitat and aquatic life criteria for existing hydropower | | impoundments managed as great ponds. |
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| | | A.__For the purposes of water quality certification under | | the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Public Law 92-500, | | Section 401, as amended, and licensing of modifications | | under section 636, the hydropower project located on the | | water body referenced in section 467, subsection 7, | | paragraph C, subparagraph (1), division (b-1), is deemed to | | have met the habitat characteristics and aquatic life | | criteria in the existing impoundment if: |
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| | | (1)__The project is in existence on June 30, 1992; |
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| | | (2)__The project creates an impoundment that remains | | classified under section 465-A after June 30, 1992; |
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