Public Input for Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rulemaking. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one - the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rulemaking if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rulemaking if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 §11112). World?Wide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rule-making liaisons (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/liaisons.html), who are single points of contact for each agency.
PROPOSALS
AGENCY: 09-137 - Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 1, Open Water and Ice Fishing Regulations (Striped Bass Length and Bag Limits)
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2018-P173
BRIEF SUMMARY: The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is proposing to adopt a rule for striped bass caught in inland waters: 1-fish bag limit, minimum length 28 inches. Striped bass travel above head of tide in several of Maine's rivers and protections for those fish is necessary. Length, bag limits and gear restrictions are reflected in Department of Marine Resources rules (Ch. 42) and apply to all territorial waters.
PUBLIC HEARING: None scheduled
COMMENT DEADLINE: September 7, 2018
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / IFW RULEMAKING LIAISON: Becky Orff, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 284 State Street - 41 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-5202. Fax: (207) 287-6395. Email: Becky.Orff@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None anticipated.
AGENCY: 17-229 - Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 601, Rules Relating to the Maine State Ferry Service
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2018-P174
BRIEF SUMMARY: This rule provides for the safe and secure transport of medical samples in a Lockbox on vessels owned by the Maine State Ferry Service (MSFS) in accordance with the U.S. Coast Guard Regulatory Requirements.
PUBLIC HEARING: No public Hearing is planned.
COMMENT DEADLINE: September 7, 2018
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/ SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / MaineDOT RULEMAKING LIAISON: Toni Kemmerle, MaineDOT, 16 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04330. Telephone: (207) 624-3024. Email: Toni.Kemmerle@Maine.gov .
CONTACT PERSON FOR SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Jennifer M. Smith (Jennifer.M.Smith@Maine.gov) and Toni Kemmerle (as above)
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: no financial impact
AGENCY: 09-137 - Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 4, Hunting and Trapping: 4.01 (G. 1.b. and 3-A), Upland Game and Furbearing Animals (Beaver and Fisher)
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2018-P175
BRIEF SUMMARY: The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is proposing to amend dates for the fisher trapping season to allow two additional weeks of trapping in WMDs 12, 13 and 15-29. The amended season for trapping of fisher would be November 15 to December 31 annually. The bag limit remains at 10 fisher per trapper. An amendment is also being proposed for the areas open and closed to the trapping of beaver in WMD 25. A complete copy of the proposed rule can be obtained from the rulemaking contact person listed below.
PUBLIC HEARING: August 28, 2018 @ 5:30pm - Augusta Armory, Room 209B, 179 Western Avenue, Augusta
COMMENT DEADLINE: September 7, 2018
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / IFW RULEMAKING LIAISON: Becky Orff, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 284 State Street - 41 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-5202. Fax: (207) 287-6395. Email: Becky.Orff@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: No fiscal impact anticipated.
ADOPTIONS
Pursuant to Ch. 380 of the Public Laws of 2011, notice of the adoption of rules will no longer be published in the newspaper rulemaking notices; our Wednesday web notices will continue to carry them, however. Information on rules adopted through the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as well as the full text of adopted rules is available on the internet at http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules .
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