Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
669 - BUREAU OF FORESTRY (MAINE FOREST SERVICE)
Chapter 21 - STATEWIDE STANDARDS FOR TIMBER HARVESTING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN SHORELAND AREAS
Section 669-21-16 - EFFECTIVE DATE
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. The effective date of this rule in organized municipalities that have either accepted the statewide standards in accordance with 38 M.R.S. §438-B, sub-§2 or have adopted an ordinance identical to the statewide standards in accordance with 38 M.R.S. §438-B, sub-§3 is January 1, 2016.
B. The effective date of this rule in a municipality that either accepts the statewide standards in accordance with 38 M.R.S. §438-B, sub-§2 or adopts an ordinance identical to the statewide standards in accordance with 38 M.R.S. §438-B, sub-§3 after the effective date specified in subsection A is the date the municipality's shoreland zoning ordinance is certified by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.
C. The effective date of this rule in the jurisdiction of the Land Use Planning Commission is the first day of January of the second year following the year in which the Commissioner of Conservation Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry determines that at least 252 of the 336 municipalities identified by the Commissioner of Conservation as the municipalities with the highest acreage of timber harvesting activity on an annual basis for the period 1999-2003 have either accepted the statewide standards in accordance with 38 MRSA M.R.S. §438-B, sub-§2 or have adopted an ordinance identical to the statewide standards in accordance with 38 MRSA M.R.S. §438-B, sub-§3. Within 30 days of making the determination that the 252-municipality threshold has been met, the Commissioner of Conservation shall notify the Secretary of State in writing and advise the secretary of the effective date for the statewide standards.
Timber harvesting and related activities are not subject to this rule if, prior to the effective date of the rule, (1) notification has been filed with and accepted by the Bureau, and (2) timber harvesting has begun. Timber harvesting and related activities not subject to this rule are subject to the rules of the proper authority that were in effect at the time notification was filed and accepted by the Bureau and timber harvesting began.
