Maine DEP Proposes Rule for Bird Habitat Protection

November 09, 2007

MDEP has posted a proposed a permit by rule to address two areas.
 
1. activities consisting solely of cutting or removal of vegetation within shorebird roosting and feeding buffers, and (b) provide for an expansion of up to 10% of an existing development area within a shorebird feeding area.
 
2. activities consisting solely of cutting or removal of vegetation to remove a safety hazard or to allow for a footpath within inland waterfowl and wading bird habitat.
 
The effect of these rules is to allow additional activities to proceed under a simplified permitting process, Permit by Rule (PBR), rather than an individual, full permit process. Materials related to this rulemaking, including the text of the laws cited above, will be available here.

For more information, please contact Andrew Hamilton, Esq. or Heather L. Parent, Esq. in our Bangor office at 207-947-0111 or Bill Ferdinand, Esq. in our Brunswick office at 207-729-1144.
  
 
This alert is provided as general information, and is not a substitute for legal or other professional advice.