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| Initiative: Provides for a one-time deappropriation of funds to | the Education in the Unorganized Territory program in fiscal year | 2005-06. |
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| GENERAL FUND | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
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| | All Other Personal Services | ($400,000) | $0 |
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| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | | ($400,000) |
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| | Sec. C-14. Resolve 2005, c. 183, §1, sub-§§23 and 24 are amended to read: |
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| | 23. Language is added regarding the verification of habitat | value for shorebird nesting, feeding and staging areas that | provides that: |
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| A. An individual may voluntarily submit documentation to | the Department of Environmental Protection or the Department | of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife regarding the value of a | shorebird nesting, feeding or staging area; |
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| B. Documentation must be completed by an individual who has | experience and training in either wetland ecology or | wildlife ecology, and therefore has qualifications | sufficient to identify and document a high- or moderate- | value shorebird nesting, feeding or staging area, or the | documentation must be field-verified by the Department of | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; |
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| C. Following review of the documentation, the Department of | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may modify the boundary of a | high- or moderate-value shorebird nesting, feeding or | staging area depicted on the applicable geographic | information system data layer; and |
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| D. A landowner will receive written confirmation of the | documentation from the Department of Environmental | Protection; and |
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| | 24. The section regarding department determinations of | shorebird nesting, feeding and staging areas in the provisionally | adopted rule is deleted and replaced with a provision that | provides that if, upon request from a landowner, the Department | of Environmental Protection staff provides a written field | determination or | advisory opinion regarding the presence or |
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