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PUBLIC Law, Chapter 75

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An Act To Protect Maine Lakes

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

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §418-B  is enacted to read:

§ 418-B Prohibition on application of fertilizers near great ponds

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not apply a fertilizer containing phosphorus or nitrogen within 25 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond, except that a person may apply a fertilizer containing phosphorus or nitrogen within 25 feet but not closer than 10 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond if applying the fertilizer using a drop spreader, rotary spreader with a deflector or targeted spray liquid. As used in this section, "fertilizer" has the same meaning as in section 419, subsection 1, paragraph A-3.

Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 127th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.


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