| An Act To Promote the Uniform Implementation of the |
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| Statewide Standards for Timber Harvesting and Related |
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| Activities in Shoreland Areas |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-A, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 335, §1, is | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | 12.__Timber harvesting activities in areas adjacent to rivers, | streams, ponds, wetlands and tidal waters.__Rules adopted by the | Commissioner of Conservation pursuant to section 8867-B for the | purpose of regulating timber harvesting and timber harvesting | activities in areas adjacent to rivers, streams, ponds, wetlands | and tidal waters become effective for the unorganized and | deorganized areas__on the date established under Title 38, | section 438-B, subsection 5. |
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| The Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of | Conservation shall administer and enforce the regulation of | timber harvesting and timber harvesting activities in these | areas.__For the purposes of this subsection, "timber harvesting" | and "timber harvesting activities" have the same meanings as in | section 8868, subsections 4 and 5. |
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| | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §438-A, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 335, §4, is | amended to read: |
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