Code of Maine Rules
13 - DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
188 - MARINE RESOURCES - GENERAL
Chapter 2 - AQUACULTURE LEASE REGULATIONS
Section 188-2-45 - Lease Renewal
Universal Citation: 13 ME Code Rules ยง 188-2-45
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
1. A lessee, on a form supplied by the Commissioner, may apply for Department approval of a lease renewal. A lessee must file with the Department an application to renew a lease at least 30 days prior to the lapse of the lease. The application shall include a nonrefundable application fee of $1,500.
2. The Commissioner shall grant a lease renewal if it meets the conditions established in 12 M.R.S.A §6072(12) and further defined below:
A. Consideration of
speculative purposes includes whether the lessee has conducted substantially no
research or aquaculture in the lease areas during the previous lease term;
B. Consideration of the best
interest of the state may include, but shall not be limited to, conflict with
other new or existing uses of the area which the Commissioner determines to be
a higher use of the area from the perspective of the public interest;
and
3. The Commissioner may not grant a lease renewal if the renewal will cause the lessee to become a tenant of any kind in leases covering an aggregate of more than 1000 acres.
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