NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT

  1. Law
  2. Maine Revised Statutes
  3. WATERS AND NAVIGATION
  4. PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF WATERS
  5. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOARD
  6. NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT

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Section
38 §480-A

Findings; purpose; short title

Section
38 §480-AA

Coastal sand dune rules

Section
38 §480-B

Definitions

Section
38 §480-BB

Significant wildlife habitat; major substantive rules

Section
38 §480-C

Prohibitions

Section
38 §480-CC

Significant wildlife habitat; shorebird feeding and roosting areas

Section
38 §480-D

Standards

Section
38 §480-DD

Significant wildlife habitat criteria; reduction in certain significant wildlife habitats due to development or topography

Section
38 §480-E

Permit processing requirements

Section
38 §480-E-1

Delegation of permit-granting authority to Maine Land Use Planning Commission

Section
38 §480-E-2

Delegation of review authority to the Department of Health and Human Services or to a community public water system

Section
38 §480-E-3

Delegation of permit-granting authority to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry

Section
38 §480-EE

Significant wildlife habitat criteria; inland open water

Section
38 §480-F

Delegation of permit-granting authority to municipality; home rule

Section
38 §480-FF

Notification of identification; shorebird nesting, feeding and staging areas

Section
38 §480-G

Periodic review of delegated authority

Section
38 §480-GG

High and moderate value inland waterfowl and wading bird habitat and excavations and quarries authorized pursuant to article 6, 7 or 8-A

Section
38 §480-H

Rules; performance and use standards

Section
38 §480-HH

General permit for offshore wind energy demonstration project

Section
38 §480-I

Identification of freshwater wetlands and fragile mountain areas

Section
38 §480-II

Small-scale wind energy development; permit requirements

Section
38 §480-J

Maps

Section
38 §480-JJ

Program to reduce erosion and protect lake water quality (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 38, SECTION 480-II)

Section
38 §480-K

Data bank

Section
38 §480-L

Research

Section
38 §480-M

Funds

Section
38 §480-N

Lake Restoration and Protection Fund

Section
38 §480-O

Bulkheads and retaining walls on Scarborough River; permit requirements

Section
38 §480-P

Special protection for outstanding river segments

Section
38 §480-Q

Activities for which a permit is not required

Section
38 §480-R

Violations; enforcement

Section
38 §480-S

Fee for significant wildlife habitat review

Section
38 §480-T

Transportation improvements (REPEALED)

Section
38 §480-U

Cranberry cultivation

Section
38 §480-V

Applicability

Section
38 §480-W

Emergency actions to protect threatened property

Section
38 §480-X

Alterations of freshwater wetlands

Section
38 §480-Y

Creation of agricultural irrigation ponds

Section
38 §480-Z

Compensation