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shall review the application within 30 45 calendar days. If
structural means are used to meet those standards, the department
shall review the application within 90 calendar days. The review
period begins upon receipt of a complete application and may be
extended pursuant to section 344-B or if a joint order is required
pursuant to subsection 5. The department may request additional
information necessary to determine whether the standards of this
section are met. The application is deemed approved if the
department does not notify the applicant within the applicable
review period.

 
The department may allow a municipality or a quasi-municipal
organization, such as a watershed management district, to
substitute a management system for storm water approved by the
department for the permit requirement applicable to projects in a
designated area of the municipality. The municipality or quasi-
municipality may elect to have this substitution take effect at
the time the system is approved by the department, or at the time
the system is completed as provided in an implementation schedule
approved by the department.

 
Sec. 10. 38 MRSA §436-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 403, §4, is
further amended to read:

 
1. Coastal wetlands. "Coastal wetlands" means all tidal and
subtidal lands; all lands below any identifiable debris line left
by tidal action; all lands with vegetation present that is
tolerant of salt water and occurs primarily in a salt water or
estuarine habitat; and any swamp, marsh, bog, beach, flat or
other contiguous low land which that is subject to tidal action
during the maximum spring highest tide level for the year in
which an activity is proposed as identified in tide tables
published by the National Ocean Service. Coastal wetlands may
include portions of coastal sand dunes.

 
Sec. 11. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 663, §2,
is further amended to read:

 
B. East Machias River, tributaries - Class A unless
otherwise specified.

 
(1) All tributaries entering below the Route 191 bridge in
Jacksonville, except as specified in subparagraph (7) -
Class B.

 
(2) Beaverdam Brook - Class AA.

 
(3) Seavey Brook in Crawford - Class AA.

 
(4) Harmon Brook in Crawford - Class AA.


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