Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - MAINE MILK COMMISSION
Chapter 375 - DETERMINATION OF SAFETY AND SUFFICIENCY OF DAM OR RESERVOIR

SUMMARY: This Chapter describes the scope of a darn inspection, the engineering and hydrologic performance criteria that are used in the determination of whether a dam or reservoir is unsafe or insufficient, and the time schedule arid hearing procedures that apply to dam and reservoir inspection.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

38 M.R.S.A. §811 et seq.; 5 M.R.S.A. §8051 ; Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 424, n. 9 (1976), General Electric Co. v. Gilbert, 429 U.S. 141 - 45(1976), and Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134, 14(1944), as to the inherent authority of an agency to promulgate interpretative regulations as opposed to regulations having the force of law. See also 2 Davis, Administrative Law '7.9 et seq. (2d ed. 1979).