CHAPTER 561

H.P. 1328 - L.D. 1888

An Act To Amend Certain Laws Administered by the Department

of Environmental Protection

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §410-N, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 722, §1, is amended to read:

B. "Invasive aquatic plant" means a species identified by the department through rulemaking as an invasive aquatic plant or one of the following species:

(1) Eurasian water milfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum;

(2) Variable-leaf water milfoil, Myriophyllum heterophyllum;

(3) Parrot feather, Myriophyllum aquaticum;

(4) Water chestnut, Trapa natans;

(5) Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata;

(6) Fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana;

(7) Curly pondweed, Potamogeton crispus;