Under Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act ("CZMA"), the "federal consistency" provision, federal agencies have an obligation to conduct their activities consistently with state environmental and land use statutes and rules ("core laws") which provide the enforceable policies of the Maine Coastal Program ("MCP"), Maine's federally-approved coastal zone management program. In accordance with 15 C.F.R. §923.84, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning ("DACF") is submitting to the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Management ("NOAA"), for its review and approval as enforceable policies and program administration-related provisions of the MCP the following changes and additions to core law authorities enacted by the Second Regular Session of the 127th Maine Legislature: P.L. 2015 chapter: 423, sections 1-2. This recently enacted public law is available on-line at: [u]http://legislature.maine.gov/ros/LawsOfMaine/#Law/127/R2/ACTPUB/498[/u]
In addition, this submission includes changes to the following administrative rules administered by the Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") which implement the Site Location of Development Act, one of the MCP's long-approved core law authorities: DEP rules chapter 373 (financial and technical capacity standard), as amended effective June 3, 2016; DEP rules chapter 375 (no adverse environmental effect standard), as amended effective June 3, 2016; and DEP rules chapter 380 ( long-term construction projects), as amended effective June 3, 2016. This submission also includes minor changes to DEP rules Chapter 100 (definitions in air quality laws), as amended effective May 22, 2016; Chapter 501 (stormwater management compensation and mitigation fees), as amended effective May 22, 2016; and Chapter 691 (requirements for underground oil storage facilities), as amended effective April 3, 2016. These rules, as amended, may be viewed on-line at
[u]http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/06/chaps06.htm[/u]
[font=font36821]PUBLIC COMMENTS[/font]
A copy of the State's filing submitting these changes to NOAA is available for download at: [u]http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mcp/index.htm[/u]. A hard copy may be obtained from Aline Smith, Maine Coastal Program, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning/Maine Coastal Program, 93 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0038; tel: 207-287-2801; e-mail: Aline.Smith@maine.gov.
Interested parties have three weeks from the date of this notice to submit comments to NOAA on whether the requested changes are routine program implementation. Comments may be sent to:
Joelle Gore, Chief
Stewardship Division
Office of Coastal Management
SSMC4, Room 10622
1305 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Joelle.Gore@noaa.gov
June 17, 2016
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