CHAPTER 663
H.P. 1401 - L.D. 1891
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 551, §7, is further amended to read:
B. Dennys River, tributaries - Class A unless otherwise specified.
(1) All tributaries entering below the Bunker Hill Road bridge - Class B.
(2) Venture Brook in Edmunds Township - Class AA.
(3) Cathance Stream below the Great Works Impoundment in Edmunds Township - Class AA.
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 317, §5, 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 - Class B.
(2) Beaverdam Brook - Class AA.
(3) Seavey Brook in Crawford - Class AA.
(4) Harmon Brook in Crawford - Class AA.
(5) Northern Stream in Township 19 Eastern Division - Class AA.
(6) Creamer Brook in Township 19 Eastern Division - Class AA.
(7) Clifford Brook - Class AA.
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§5, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 317, §10, is further amended to read:
B. Machias River, tributaries - Class A unless otherwise specified.
(1) All tributaries entering below Route 1A in Whitneyville - Class B.
(2) Mopang Stream, from the outlet of Mopang Second Lake to its confluence with the Machias River - Class AA.
(3) Old Stream, from the outlet of First Lake to its confluence with the Machias River - Class AA.
(4) West Branch of the Machias River, from the outlet of Lower Sabao Lake to its confluence with the Machias River - Class AA.
(5) New Stream, in Northfield and Wesley - Class AA.
(6) Crooked Stream - Class AA.
(7) Fletcher Brook in Township 36 Middle Division - Class AA.
(8) Magazine Brook in Township 43 Middle Division - Class AA.
(9) Bowles Brook in Township 31 Middle Division - Class AA.
(10) Chain Lakes Stream in Township 31 - Class AA.
(11) Pembroke Stream in Township 31 Middle Division - Class AA.
(12) Holmes Brook in Northfield - Class AA.
(13) Bog Brook - Class AA.
(14) Pineo Brook in Wesley - Class AA.
(15) Black Brook in Township 25 Middle Division - Class AA.
Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§8, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 764, §8, is amended to read:
B. Pleasant River, tributaries - Class A unless otherwise specified.
(1) All tributaries entering below the Maine Central Railroad bridge - Class B.
(2) Bog Stream (Deblois) - Class B.
(3) Beaver Meadow Brook (Deblois) - Class B.
(4) Eastern Little River in Columbia Falls - Class AA.
(5) Western Little River from its confluence with Montegail Stream to the Pleasant River in Columbia, Township 18 Middle Division and Township 19 Middle Division - Class AA.
Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §468, sub-§8, ¶K, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 317, §21, is amended to read:
K. Steuben.
(1) Whitten Parritt Stream - Class A.
(2) Tunk Stream and tributaries upstream of Route 1 - Class A.
Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §468, sub-§8, ¶¶L to O are enacted to read:
L. Harrington.
(1) Harrington River and tributaries - Class A.
M. Columbia.
(1) Harrington River and tributaries - Class A.
N. Addison.
(1) Indian River - Class A.
O. Jonesport.
(1) Indian River - Class A.
Sec. 7. Water use standards. The Department of Environmental Protection shall take into consideration when adopting water use standards pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 470-E that it is not the Legislature's intent to prohibit all water use in waters that are reclassified in this Act.
Effective July 30, 2004, unless otherwise indicated.
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