Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
669 - BUREAU OF FORESTRY (MAINE FOREST SERVICE)
Chapter 27 - STANDARDS FOR TIMBER HARVESTING ACTIVITIES WITHIN UNORGANIZED AND DEORGANIZED AREAS OF THE STATE
Section 669-27-1 - Scope and Applicability

Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 669-27-1
Current through 2024-13, March 27, 2024

This rule applies to timber harvesting activities, the construction and maintenance of land management roads, water crossings on/for land management roads, and to gravel pits less than five acres in size in order to protect public resources, maintain safe and healthful conditions, prevent and control water pollution, and protect fish and wildlife habitat. This rule governs only lands within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State of Maine that have been classified by the Commission as protection or management subdistricts pursuant to 12 M.R.S. §685-A(1), including those owned by state and local governmental units, nonprofit organizations, and private forest owners. It does not govern federal forest lands or tribal trust lands. Chapter 10 Sub-chapter II of the Commission's Rules and Standards describes these subdistricts and identifies the specific activities that are allowed within each one. Landowners and applicants should first identify within which subdistricts their proposed activity is located by referring to a Land Use Guidance Map of the appropriate town, plantation or township. These maps may be obtained from any of the Commission's offices.

For land within a P-RP Subdistrict, sub-areas identified in the resource or concept plan as development areas will be regulated (in regards to timber harvesting, land management roads, water crossings on/for land management roads, and gravel extraction) by the Land Use Planning Commission as Development Subdistricts. Areas not so identified will be regulated by the Maine Forest Service according to the underlying protection and/or management subdistrict. Specific standards incorporated into the resource or concept plans will continue to apply until the expiration or revision of the related plan.

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