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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello watershed partners,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is a “heads-up” message. Maine’s Chapter 305, Permit-by-rule, was recently updated, by the Department and the Board of Environmental Protection. These updates are expected to be effective as of June
17, but that date is subject to change. We’ll send another notification through this listserv when the rules take effect. The information below is by no means a complete summary of the rule updates, but rather a quick reference as you plan the summer construction
season. If you’d like to read the rule more closely, you can find it here: <a href="https://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/2024/12-19-24/Chapter%20305%20insertions%20in%20red.pdf">
https://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/2024/12-19-24/Chapter%20305%20insertions%20in%20red.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have any questions about how these changes affect your project, please contact John Maleri at
<a href="mailto:john.l.maleri@maine.gov">john.l.maleri@maine.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have questions about Permit-by-Rules in general, please contact the DEP’s Land Bureau staff
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/dep/land/contacts/index.html">https://www.maine.gov/dep/land/contacts/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Changes relevant to Nonpoint Source Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Estimated Effective Date of changes –
<b><u><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">June 17</span></u></b> – but subject to change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">General Updates<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#3A7C22">Permit-by-Rule Effective period</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#3A7C22">
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">– <u>changing from 14 days to 20 working days.</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A PBR submission is effective after 20 working days unless accepted or returned for additional details by the Maine DEP before that.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Working day defined as “weekdays (Monday-Friday) excluding State holidays and any other day State of Maine offices are closed.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#77206D">Permit-by-Rule Public Notice Requirements
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">– <u>
Public notice is now only needed for the property abutters and the town</u>. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No longer need to provide public notice to property owners within 1,000 feet of the project site<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0B769F">Erosion and Sedimentation Control Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0B769F">
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">– Erosion and sedimentation control requirements have been updated in each relevant section to better match the latest standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Review each specific Section for detailed requirements.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF4E14">Section 8 Shoreline Stabilization
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">–
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">significant updates. Review Section 8 carefully. Main takeaways include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All riprap projects at a site are now cumulative<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">100 linear feet of in-land shoreline total on a property.
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">New limits on total square footage of fill (i.e riprap below waterline):<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">200 square feet below the normal high waterline for freshwater wetlands, great ponds, rivers, streams or brooks.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Shoreline stabilization via Permit-by-Rule (PBR) can now occur in coastal wetlands.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Specific requirements regarding size and square footage.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Additional relevant standards – please review Chapter 305 Section 8 carefully for specific information:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Non native species of vegetation cannot be planted<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Biodegradable stabilization materials may be used to support the establishment of native vegetation adjacent to any protected natural resource.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Riprap must be tapered downward as it approaches an abutting property line and may not be placed within 5 feet of an abutting property line.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alex Wong (he/his/him)<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nonpoint Source Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/dep/water/grants/319.html">Maine Department of Environmental Protection</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">207-694-9533 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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