Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 384 - WOOD MEASUREMENT RULES - COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS
Section 001-384-14 - ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO FURNISH PROPER MEASUREMENT TALLY SHEET OR FAILURE TO OBEY AN IMPOUNDMENT ORDER OR A NOTICE TO HOLD WOOD
Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-384-14
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Separate Violation. A person with possession or control of wood who received an impoundment order or a notice to hold wood, regardless of whether he is one of the persons whose conduct is complained of, is in violation of these Wood Measurement Rules if be causes or allows the wood to be removed, cut or otherwise processed such that it can no longer be separately identified.
B. Presumption of Violations
1.
Underscaling. Where a person
whose conduct is complained of for underscaling has not furnished a completed
measurement tally sheet as required in Chapter 383, he shall be presumed by the
State Sealer to have committed the violation of underscaling. The person whose
conduct is complained of may offer evidence to rebut the presumption.
2.
Presumption of alleged
violation. Where in conjunction with an investigation of an alleged
violation, a person has failed to obey an impoundment order or a notice to hold
wood, the State Sealer shall presume that the person has committed the alleged
violation. The person whose conduct is complained of may offer evidence to
rebut the presumption.
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