Shoreland Alterations for Motorized Recreational Gold Prospecting

MAINE LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION Shoreland Alteration Permit Application For Recreational Gold Prospecting (ver. 07/2015)

MAINE LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

SHORELAND ALTERATION PERMIT APPLICATION For Recreational Gold Prospecting in Streams

Under the Jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission

WHO MAY SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION? Anyone conducting recreational gold prospecting that does not conform to the standards of Section 10.27,G of the Commission’s Land Use Districts and Standards, in streams under the jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission (the LUPC” or Commission).

WHERE CAN I GET HELP TO COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION? Call the LUPC office that serves your area and ask to speak to one of our regional representatives (see below for office locations and contact information). Also, go to the LUPC web site at www.maine.gov/dacf/lupc/ to browse through our rules and regulations, recent publications and newsletters, Commission meeting agendas, and other valuable information.

MAILING YOUR APPLICATION Submit your completed application and all required attachments, including the appropriate application fee, exhibits and supplements (see page i of the instructions for details) to the LUPC office serving your area.

AUGUSTA OFFICE ASHLAND OFFICE Serving most of Aroostook County, and portions of northern

Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties 18 Elkins Lane - Harlow Bldg. 22 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0022

Tel. (207) 287-2631 FAX (207) 287-7439

45 Radar Road Ashland, ME 04732-3600

Tel. (207) 435-7963 FAX (207) 435-7184

BANGOR OFFICE EAST MILLINOCKET OFFICE Serving Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Waldo Counties; most of Washington County; and all coastal

islands in the LUPC service area

Serving southern Penobscot and Aroostook Counties, and portions of Piscataquis and northern Washington Counties

106 Hogan Rd, Suite 8 Bangor, ME 04401

Tel. (207) 941-4052 FAX (207) 941-4222

191 Main Street East Millinocket, ME 04430

Tel. (207) 746-2244 Tel. (207) 731-4398 FAX (207) 746-2243

GREENVILLE OFFICE WEST FARMINGTON OFFICE Serving Somerset County and most of Piscataquis County Serving Franklin and Oxford Counties

43 Lakeview Street P.O. Box 1107 Greenville, ME 04441

Tel. (207) 695-2466 FAX (207) 695-2380

133 Fyfe Rd P.O. Box 307 West Farmington, ME 04992

Tel. (207) 670-7492 OX Tel. (207) 670-7493 FR

THIS FORM IS NOT A VALID PERMIT UNTIL IT IS SIGNED BY A COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE.

NO PROSPECTING ACTIVITIES MAY BEGIN PRIOR TO YOUR RECEIPT OF A PERMIT.

THE LUPC MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOT ENCOMPASSED IN THIS APPLICATION.


NON-MOTORIZED, HAND METHODS OF PROSPECTING Recreational gold prospecting by hand methods, such as panning and sluicing, does not require a permit within the half of Maine under the jurisdiction of the Land Use Planning Commission, so long as: it is done with hand shovels or other non-motorized tools, and a sluice box no larger than ten square feet; it does not disturb stream banks or vegetation, does not create and unlicensed discharge of a pollutant, and does not harm endangered or

threatened plant or animal species or their habitat; and the prospector replaces the disturbed river-bottom sediments to approximately their original location and spreads them to restore

approximately the natural shape of the river bed at the end of one or more days of panning or sluicing.

Panners and hand sluicers need permission from landowners before entering and prospecting on their property. This is not a condition imposed by the Commission, but rather is a legal requirement to avoid trespass and theft problems. (Like upland areas, the land under non-tidal streams is private property and any gold present belongs to the landowner.)

MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL GOLD PROSPECTING Recreational prospecting with suction dredges and other motorized equipment within the Commission’s jurisdiction does not require a permit if all of the standards of Chapter 10 Section 10.27,G are met. Anyone conducting recreational gold prospecting that does not conform to the standards of Section 10.27,G requires a permit. The Commission’s definition of motorized recreational gold prospecting is: “”Motorized recreational gold prospecting” means the operation of small-scale, motorized equipment for the removal, separation, refinement, and redeposition of sediments and other substrates occurring below the normal high water mark of a stream, for the noncommercial, recreational discovery and collecting of gold specimens. “Motorized recreational gold prospecting” includes, but is not limited to, the operation of a motorized suction dredge, sluice, pump, rocker box, or winch, individually or together.”

The Commission has designed a short-form permit, with attached standard conditions, for this purpose. The key features of the Shoreland Alterations Permit for “Motorized Recreational Gold Prospecting” are: One-page application form, with attached standard conditions, which when signed by the LUPC staff becomes the permit. The applicant

attaches maps on which he or she has marked the stream segments proposed to be covered by the permit. The permit covers the entire season from June 15 to September 15; An individual or a group leader may obtain a permit. The permit covers the group leader and any guests who accompany him or her; Written landowner permission is required, with landowner-initialed map(s), as evidence of applicant’s legal right, title, or interest in areas

where the applicant is authorized to do motorized prospecting; $100 permit fee; After-the-fact Permit Fees are triple the standard fee; and Standard conditions cover certain equipment limitations; restrictions on operation; and closed areas where motorized recreational

prospecting is prohibited.

Several aspects of the application for a permit are explained in more detail below.

Landowner Permission. State law states that every LUPC permit applicant must provide evidence of sufficient right, title, or interest in the site where a land use is proposed. Since few recreational prospectors own or lease all of the land that they plan to prospect, the LUPC will accept a signed letter from the landowner, with attached maps initialed by the landowner that show the specific stream sections where the landowner grants the applicant permission to do motorized recreational gold prospecting. The applicant and landowner may use photocopies of U.S.G.S. topographic maps or the LUPC’s 8 ½ x 11-inch Official Land Use Guidance Maps (available free of charge).

A form letter for landowner permission is attached to this permit application packet. The landowner may use a photocopy of this form letter or a different letter, so long as it clearly grants permission to the applicant to do motorized recreational gold prospecting in specific river segments. (Attached is an example of an acceptable landowner permission letter and sample map.)

Where the two sides of a stream are owned by different landowners, the applicant needs written permission from both landowners. (Where the stream is the property line, the owner of the upland on each side generally owns to the centerline of the stream.)

How can an applicant find out who owns the land? To determine who owns the land where you would like to prospect, and applicant may inspect tax maps at the LUPC’s regional office that covers the township(s) in question, or may view tax maps of the LUPC’s entire jurisdiction at the agency’s Augusta office or at Maine Revenue Services’ Property Tax Division office in Augusta. An applicant who already knows the tax map and lot numbers for land may call Maine Revenue Services, Property Tax Division, at (207) 624-5611 or www.maine.gov/revenue/propertytax/homepage.html to learn the names and addresses of the landowners. (If a prospecting club or fellow members have already compiled this information, an applicant may be able to obtain landowner names and addresses from fellow club members even more efficiently.)

Land owned by the State. In regard to land owned by the State of Maine, the applicant should contact the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL), to seek landowner permission. The BPL’s number is (207) 287-3821, www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/index.shtml. (the BPL’s and the LUPC’s Augusta offices are both in the Harlow Building off Hospital Street, approximately across from the Viles Arboretum.)


Channels narrower than four feet wide are closed to motorized prospecting. Where a flowing water (a.k.a. stream)varies in width, the stream is closed upstream from where the channel is four feet wide. Stream width is measured across the channel, perpendicular to the centerline. The Commission’s rules define flowing water as: “A channel that has defined banks created by the action of surface water and has two or more of the following characteristics:

a. It is depicted as a solid or broken blue line on the most recent edition of the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute series topographic map or, if that is not available, a 15-minute series topographic map.

b. It contains or is known to contain flowing water continuously for a period of at least 6 months of the year in most years.

c. The channel bed is primarily composed of mineral material such as sand and gravel, parent material or bedrock that has been deposited or scoured by water.

d. The channel contains aquatic animals such as fish, aquatic insects or mollusks in the water or, if no surface water is present, within the stream bed.

e. The channel contains aquatic vegetation and is essentially devoid of upland vegetation.

Such waters are commonly referred to as rivers, streams, and brooks. Flowing water does not mean a ditch or other drainage way constructed, or constructed and maintained, solely for the purpose of draining storm water or a grassy swale.”

Designated Essential Wildlife Habitat under the Maine Endangered Species Act is closed to motorized prospecting, unless the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) makes specific determinations stated in the permit conditions. As of January 2000, all applicable Essential Wildlife Habitat sites are included as specific closed river segments. If MDIFW designates additional areas as Essential Wildlife Habitat during the permit season, they become closed immediately. The LUPC will mail permit holders a notice of any additional areas proposed for designation as Essential Wildlife Habitat during the prospecting season. For more information, contact the MDIFW at (207) 287-8000 or www.maine.gov/ifw/.

MAINE LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION Shoreland Alteration Permit Application For Recreational Gold Prospecting

For office use: SA $

Tracking No. Permit No. Fee Received

Application for Shoreland Alteration Permit For Motorized Gold Prospecting

1. Name of Applicant: Individual Group Leader

Mailing Address:

Town/City: State: Zip Code:

Daytime Telephone Number: Weekend Telephone Number:

2. Location of Activity: (Attach additional sheet of paper if needed) River / Stream Name Town, Plantation, Township County

3. Names of All Owners of Land Where Activity is Proposed: (Attach an additional sheet of paper if needed) Applicable River / Stream Name Applicable Town, Plantation, Township Landowner Name

4. Attach Required Exhibits: Exhibit A: U.S.G.S. topographic or LUPC map(s) showing location(s) of proposed motorized recreational gold prospecting. Exhibit B: Letter(s) of landowner permission as evidence of right, title, or interest in all sites where prospecting is proposed.

5. Certification and Authorization: I hereby declare and certify that I have examined this application, including the accompanying exhibits, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, accurate and complete. I understand and acknowledge that I am responsible for compliance with all conditions and limitations of any permits issued to me by the Maine Land Use Planning Commission. I understand that all activities carried out in violation of any permit condition or standard of the Commission are subject to enforcement action.

Applicant’s Printed Name: Signature of Applicant: Date:

Approval: Based upon the information supplied by the applicant, the staff concludes that, if carried out in compliance with the attached conditions, the proposal will meet the Criteria for Approval, 12 M.R.S.A § 685-B(4) of the Commission’s governing statute. Date: LUPC Authorized Signature: Issuance Date


STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SHORELAND ALTERATIONS PERMIT FOR

MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL GOLD PROSPECTING

Definition of Motorized Recreational Gold Prospecting: ”Motorized recreational gold prospecting” means the operation of small-scale, motorized equipment for the removal, separation, refinement, and redeposition of sediments and other substrates occurring below the normal high water mark of a stream, for the noncommercial, recreational discovery and collecting of gold specimens. ”Motorized recreational gold prospecting” includes, but is not limited to, the operation of a motorized suction dredge, sluice, pump, rocker box, or winch, individually or together.

1. This permit is effective for the permit holder and his/her guests. The permit holder is liable to the State and to the landowner for any violation by the permit holder or his/her guests of any standard or condition of the Commission or any other applicable law, rule, or ordinance. This permit is nontransferable.

2. A permit holder may only carry out permitted motorized recreational gold prospecting on those sections of rivers and streams that the permit holder had specified within this application and for which the permit holder has provided proof of sufficient right, title or interest. A permit is dependent upon, and limited to, the proposal set forth in the application and supporting documents, except as modified by the Commission in granting of the permit. Any variation therefrom requires prior review and approval of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission. Any variation from the application or the conditions of approval without approval of the Commission constitutes a violation of the Land Use Planning Commission law.

3. Specific Standards: a. Motorized recreational gold prospecting may only be performed from June 15 to September 15, and only with written permission

of the landowner(s).

b. The activity must not cause an undue adverse effect on natural resources. The area must be kept free of litter, trash, and any other materials that may constitute a hazardous or nuisance condition.

c. Limitations on Equipment: (1) Equipment must not have any fuel, oil, or hydraulic leaks, nor cause any other unlicensed discharge. (2) Power Limit. Motorized equipment must not exceed seven horsepower. (3) Nozzle Diameter. The inside diameter of a suction dredge intake nozzle and hose must not exceed four inches. (4) Sluice Size. The area of a sluice must not exceed 10 square feet. (5) Use of a flume to transport water outside of a flowing water is prohibited.

d. Prohibition of Chemicals: Use of mercury, nitric acid or other chemicals for extraction is prohibited.

e. Specific Restrictions on Methods of Operation: No motorized recreational gold prospecting may occur in a manner that: (1) Disturbs the bank of a flowing water, including but not limited to digging into the bank, or dredging or altering water flow

within a flowing water in a manner that causes the bank to erode or collapse. (2) Removes or damages vegetation, or woody debris such as root wads, stumps or logs within a flowing water, on the bank, or

on nearby upland, including cutting or abrasion of trees. (3) Diverts, dams, or otherwise obstructs a flowing water. (4) Deposits soil, rocks, or any other foreign material from outside of the channel into a flowing water. (5) Deposits channel bottom sediments or rocks onto the bank or upland.

4. Restoration: Upon completion of one or more consecutive days of prospecting, dredge spoils must be smoothed out and dredge holes refilled below the normal high water mark of the flowing water in order to restore the approximate original contours of the channel bottom and must not deflect the current.

5. Compliance with Other Laws: The permit holder shall secure and comply with all applicable licenses, permits, and authorizations of all federal and state agencies. Nothing in any permit issued pursuant to the rules of the Land Use Planning Commission nor these standard permit conditions authorizes the permittee to trespass on any land or property, including the submerged land under a stream or river, or relieves the permit holder of the responsibility of complying with the applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

It you have any questions, call the LUPC at (207) 287-2631.

MAINE LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION Shoreland Alteration Permit Application For Recreational Gold Prospecting

LANDOWNER

NAME:

COMPANY:

STREET:

CITY:

STATE, ZIP CODE:

TELEPHONE:

DATE:

Land Use Planning Commission

Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

22 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0022

Dear Land Use Planning Commission,

This letter is to formally grant permission to , whose

address is to carryout

recreational sluice and /or suction dredge gold mining on my property, over the period of time , in

accordance with all conditions and standards of a permit from your agency, in the following streams and rivers in the town,

townships, and plantations: (Attach a map, initialed by the landowner, showing streams, rivers and locations.)

Signed,

Signature:

Printed Name:

Title:

Company:

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Motorized Recreational Gold Prospecting

Motorized recreational gold prospecting as defined below does not require a permit from the Maine Land Use Planning Commission provided it is conducted according to the standards of Section 10.27,G of Chapter 10 of the Commission’s Rules, Land Use Districts and Standards also cited below. The Commission’s jurisdiction is identified on the attached map. Motorized recreational gold prospecting is defined as: “Motorized recreational gold prospecting” means the o peration of small-scale, motorized equipment for the removal, separation, refinement, and redeposition of sediments and other substrates occurring below the normal high water mark of a stream, for the noncommercial, recreational discovery and collecting of gold specimens. “Motorized recreational gold prospecting” includes, but is not limited to, the operation of a motorized suction dredge, sluice, pump, rocker box, or winch, individually or together.

Section 10.27,G of Chapter 10 of the Commission’s Rules, Land Use Districts and Standards:

G. MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL GOLD PROSPECTING

The following motorized recreational gold prospecting requirements shall apply below the normal high water mark of flowing waters, except as otherwise provided herein.

Motorized recreational gold prospecting activities not in conformance with the standards of Section 10.27,G,1 through 5 below may be allowed upon issuance of a permit from the Commission provided that such types of activities are allowed in the subdistrict involved, except that such activities are prohibited on the river and stream segments listed in Section 10.27,G,6, except as provided in Section 10.27,G,6,b. An applicant for such permit shall show by a preponderance of the evidence that the proposed activity, which is not in conformance with the standards of this section, shall be conducted in a manner which produces no undue adverse impact upon the resources and uses in the area.

1. Motorized recreational gold prospecting may only be performed from June 15 to September 15, and only with written permission of the landowner(s).

2. The activity must not cause an undue adverse effect on natural resources. The area must be kept free of litter, trash, and any other materials that may constitute a hazardous or nuisance condition.

3. Limitations on Equipment.

a. Equipment must not have any fuel, oil, or hydraulic leaks, nor cause any other unlicensed discharge.

b. Power Limit. Motorized equipment must not exceed seven horsepower.

c. Nozzle Diameter. The inside diameter of a suction dredge intake nozzle and hose must not exceed four inches.

d. Sluice Size. The area of a sluice must not exceed 10 square feet.

e. Use of a flume to transport water outside of a flowing water is prohibited.

4. Prohibition of Chemicals. Use of mercury, nitric acid or other chemicals for extraction is prohibited.

5. Specific Restrictions on Methods of Operation.

a. No motorized recreational gold prospecting may occur in a manner that:

(1) Disturbs the bank of a flowing water, including but not limited to digging into the bank, or dredging or altering water flow within a flowing water in a manner that causes the bank to erode or collapse.

(2) Removes or damages vegetation, or woody debris such as root wads, stumps or logs within a flowing water, on the bank, or on nearby upland, including cutting or abrasion of trees.

(3) Diverts, dams, or otherwise obstructs a flowing water.


(4) Deposits soil, rocks, or any other foreign material from outside of the channel into a flowing water.

(5) Deposits channel bottom sediments or rocks onto the bank or upland.

b. Upon completion of one or more consecutive days of prospecting, dredge spoils must be smoothed out and dredge holes refilled below the normal high water mark of the flowing water in order to restore the approximate original contours of the channel bottom and must not deflect the current.

6. Closed Areas. Motorized recreational gold prospecting is prohibited within the following areas.

a. Channels narrower than four feet wide.

b. Any area designated as Essential Wildlife Habitat by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) unless it is determined by MDIFW that:

(1) There will be no significant harm to the Essential Wildlife Habitat, and

(2) The activity will not violate protection guidelines adopted pursuant to the Maine Endangered Species Act.

c. Waters defined as Class AA waters pursuant to 38 M.R.S.A. § 465. Class AA waters as of the effective date of this rule are included in the areas listed below.

d. The Allagash Wilderness Waterway and all water bodies within 800 feet of normal high water mark of the watercourse.

e. Aroostook County.

(1) Aroostook River: T9 R5 WELS, T9 R7 WELS, T9 R8 WELS, Oxbow Plt, T10 R6 WELS

(2) St. Croix Stream: St. Croix Twp, T9 R5 WELS

(3) (Big) Machias River: T12 R8 WELS, T11 R8 WELS, T11 R7 WELS, T10 R7 WELS, Garfield Plt

(4) Musquacook Stream: T11 R11 WELS, T12 R11 WELS, T13 R11 WELS, T13 R12 WELS

(5) Allagash River and all water bodies within 800 feet of normal high water mark of the watercourse: T10 R12 WELS, T10 R13 WELS, T11 R13 WELS, T12 R13 WELS, T13 R12 WELS, T13 R13 WELS, T14 R11 WELS, T14 R12 WELS, T15 R10 WELS, T15 R11 WELS

(6) Chemquasabamticook Stream: T11 R13 WELS, Clayton Lake Twp, T11 R15 WELS, T12 R13 WELS

(7) St. John River: T11 R16 WELS, T11 R17 WELS, T12 R15 WELS, T12 R16 WELS, T13 R14 WELS, T13 R15 WELS, T14 R13 WELS, T14 R14 WELS, T15 R13 WELS, T16 R12 WELS, T16 R13 WELS, surrounding Hunnewell Island in St. John Plt, Hamlin

(8) Northwest Branch St. John River downstream from outlet of Beaver Pond: T11 R17 WELS, T12 R17 WELS

(9) Big Black River: T14 R14 WELS, T14 R15 WELS, T14 R16 WELS, T15 R13 WELS, T15 R14 WELS

(10) Fish River from Mud Pond to St. Froid Lake: T13 R8 WELS, T14 R8 WELS, T14 R7 WELS, T13 R7 WELS, T14 R6 WELS

(11) Smith Brook: T13 R8 WELS, T14 R8 WELS

(12) Red River: T14 R8 WELS

(13) McLean Brook: T17 R4 WELS

(14) Macwahoc Stream: Macwahoc Plt, North Yarmouth Academy Grant, Upper Molunkus Twp

(15) Molunkus Stream: Macwahoc Plt, North Yarmouth Academy Grant, T1 R5 WELS, Benedicta Twp, Silver Ridge Twp


(16) Mattawamkeag River: Reed Plt

(17) East Branch Mattawamkeag River: Forkstown Twp, T3 R3 WELS, T4 R3 WELS

(18) West Branch Mattawamkeag River: T3 R3 WELS, T4 R3 WELS

(19) Wytopitlock Stream: Reed Plt, Upper Molunkus Twp, T2 R4 WELS, Glenwood Plt, T3 R4 WELS

(20) Goddard Brook: T15 R5 WELS

(21) Unnamed stream connecting Cross Lake and Square Lake: Square Lake Twp

(22) Unnamed stream flowing east into Square Lake at Goddard Cove: Square Lake Twp

(23) Unnamed stream flowing northeast into Square Lake one mile northwest of Limestone Pt.: Square Lake Twp

f. Franklin County.

(1) Moose River downstream from Number One Brook: Beattie Twp, Lowelltown Twp

(2) Kennebago River and its tributaries: Davis Twp, Stetsontown Twp, Seven Ponds Twp, Chain of Ponds Twp, Massachusetts Gore, Tim Pond Twp, Lang Twp

(3) Cupsuptic River tributaries: Seven Ponds Twp

(4) Spencer Stream and Little Spencer Stream tributaries, including Kibby Stream: Kibby Twp, Skinner Twp

(5) North Branch Dead River: Jim Pond Twp

(6) Sandy River: Madrid Twp, Sandy River Plt, Township E

(7) West Branch Carrabassett River: Freeman Twp, Salem Twp

(8) Bemis Stream and tributaries: Township D, Rangeley Plt

(9) Carrabassett River and tributaries: Freeman Twp, Mount Abram Twp, Salem Twp

(10) South Bog Stream: Rangeley Plt

(11) Horseshoe Stream: Chain of Ponds Twp

g. Hancock County.

(1) The following townships in their entirety: T9 SD, T10 SD, T16 MD, T22 MD, T28 MD, T34 MD, T35 MD, T41 MD, T4 ND

(2) Passadumkeag River: T3 ND

(3) Sunkhaze Stream and its tributaries: T32 MD BPP

h. Kennebec County.

(1) Sebasticook River: Unity Twp

i. Oxford County.

(1) Cupsuptic River and its tributaries: Lower Cupsuptic Twp, Upper Cupsuptic Twp, Oxbow Twp, Parkertown Twp, Lynchtown Twp, Seven Ponds Twp

(2) Kennebago River and its tributaries: Lower Cupsuptic Twp, Upper Cupsuptic Twp, Oxbow Twp

(3) Rapid River: Magalloway Twp, Township C


(4) Bear River: Grafton Twp

(5) Bull Branch of Sunday River and tributaries: Grafton Twp, Riley Twp

(6) Magalloway River and tributaries, including Little Magalloway River: Bowmantown Twp, Lincoln Plt, Lynchtown Twp, Magalloway Plt, Oxbow Twp, Parkertown Twp, Parmachenee Twp

(7) Abbott Brook and its tributaries: Lincoln Plt

(8) Wild River: Batchelders Grant

(9) Crooked River and its tributaries: Albany Twp

j. Penobscot County.

(1) East Branch Penobscot River: Grindstone Twp, Soldiertown Twp, T3 R7 WELS, T4 R7 WELS, T4 R8 WELS, T5 R8 WELS, T6 R8 WELS

(2) East Branch Penobscot River, all tributaries, the portions of which that are located in T3 R8 WELS and within the boundaries of Baxter State Park

(3) Wassataquoik Stream: T4 R8 WELS, T3 R7 WELS, T3 R8 WELS

(4) Seboeis River: T3 R7 WELS, T4 R7 WELS, T5 R7 WELS, T6 R7 WELS, T7 R7 WELS

(5) Sawtelle Brook: T6 R7 WELS

(6) Munsungan Stream: T8 R8 WELS

(7) Millinocket Stream: T8 R8 WELS

(8) Aroostook River: T8 R8 WELS

(9) Ayers Brook: Summit Twp

(10) Madagascal Stream: Grand Falls Twp

(11) Mattagodus Stream: Kingman Twp, Webster Plt, Prentiss Twp, Carroll Plt

(12) Mattawamkeag River: Kingman Twp, Drew Plt

(13) Molunkus Stream: Kingman Twp

(14) Wytopitlock Stream: Drew Plt

(15) Passadumkeag River: Summit Twp, Grand Falls Twp, T3 R1 NBPP, Lakeville

(16) Penobscot River: Argyle Twp, Mattamiscontis Twp, T2 R8 NWP

(17) West Branch Penobscot River: TA R7 WELS, T3 Indian Purchase, T4 Indian Purchase

(18) Millinocket Stream: T3 Indian Purchase, T1 R8 WELS

(19) Sunkhaze Stream and its tributaries: Greenfield Twp

k. Piscataquis County.

(1) East Branch Pleasant River: Ebeemee Twp

(2) West Branch Pleasant River: Shawtown Twp, Beaver Cove, Bowdoin College Grant East, Katahdin Iron Works Twp, Williamsburg Twp


(3) West Branch Penobscot River: T1 R9 WELS, T2 R9 WELS, T2 R10 WELS, T3 R11 WELS

(4) Allagash River and all water bodies within 800 feet of normal high water mark of the watercourse: T10 R12 WELS, T10 R13 WELS

(5) Allagash Stream and all water bodies within 800 feet of normal high water mark of the watercourse: Eagle Lake Twp, T8 R14 WELS

(6) Webster Brook: T6 R11 WELS

(7) Millinocket Stream: T7 R9 WELS

(8) Munsungan Stream: T8 R9 WELS

(9) Chemquasabamticook Stream: T10 R15 WELS

(10) Stream between Lower Portage Pond and Spider Lake: T9 R11 WELS

(11) Stream in wetland on south end of Churchill Lake: T9 R12 WELS

(12) Stream between Webster Lake and Telos Pond and all water bodies within 800 feet of normal high water mark of the watercourse: T6 R11 WELS

(13) Kennebec River: Big Moose Twp

(14) East Branch Piscataquis River: Blanchard Twp

(15) West Branch Piscataquis River: Blanchard Twp

(16) West Branch Penobscot River, those segments of any tributary that are in T2 R9 WELS and are also within the portion of Baxter State Park served by the Land Use Planning Commission

l. Somerset County.

(1) Dead River: Pierce Pond Twp, T3 R4 BKP WKR, Bowtown Twp, West Forks Plt, T3 R5 BKP WKR, Lower Enchanted Twp

(2) Spencer Stream, Little Spencer Stream, and Little Spencer Stream tributaries, including Kibby Stream: T3 R4 BKP WKR, T3 R5 BKP WKR, King and Bartlett Twp, Haynestown Twp

(3) Kennebec River above junction with Dead River: West Forks Plt, Moxie Gore, Chase Stream Twp, Indian Stream Twp, Sapling Twp, Taunton & Raynham Academy Grant Twp, Misery Gore, The Forks Plt

(4) Moxie Stream: Moxie Gore

(5) Parlin Stream: Parlin Pond Twp

(6) Doucie Brook: T9 R17 WELS

(7) Gulliver Brook: Plymouth Twp

(8) Moose River: Holeb Twp, Attean Twp, T5 R7 BKP WKR, Bradstreet Twp

(9) Cold Stream and Cold Stream tributaries, including Tomhegan Stream: Chase Stream Twp, West Forks Plt, Johnson Mountain Twp

(10) Baker Branch St. John River: T5 R17 WELS, T6 R17 WELS, St John Twp, T7 R 16 WELS, T9 R17 WELS, T8 R17 WELS, T7 R17 WELS

(11) Southwest Branch St. John River: T9 R17 WELS, T9 R18 WELS, Big Ten Twp

(12) Northwest Branch St. John River: Big Ten Twp


(13) St. John River: Big Ten Twp, T10 R16 WELS

(14) Enchanted Stream: Upper Enchanted Twp, Lower Enchanted Twp

m. Washington County.

(1) The following townships and town in their entirety: T18 MD BPP, T19 MD BPP, T24 MD BPP, T25 MD BPP, T30 MD BPP, Day Block Twp, T36 MD BPP, T37 MD BPP, T42 MD BPP, T43 MD BPP, Sakom Twp, Cathance Twp, Big Lake Twp, Berry Twp, T19 ED BPP, T26 ED BPP, Greenlaw Chopping Twp, Devereaux Twp, Marion Twp, Edmunds Twp, Baring

(2) Tomah Stream: Forest Twp, Codyville Plt, Lambert Lake Twp

(3) Baskahegan Stream: Brookton Twp

(4) St. Croix River: Fowler Twp, Dyer Twp, Lambert Lake Twp

(5) Dennys River: Cathance Twp, Edmunds Twp

(6) East Machias River: Big Lake Twp, Berry Twp, T19 ED BPP

(7) Venture Brook: Edmunds Twp

(8) Cathance Stream: Edmunds Twp

(9) Northern Stream: T19 ED BPP

(10) Hobart Stream: Edmunds Twp

(11) Creamer Brook: T19 ED BPP

(12) Clifford Brook: Marion Twp

(13) Machias River: Centerville Twp

T19 R11WELS

GrandIsleFort

KentT18 R12WELS

T18 R11WELS

St JohnPlt T17 R3

WELST17 R4WELS

Cross LakeTwp

NewCanadaT17 R13

WELST17 R12WELS

Allagash CyrPltMadawaska

Lake TwpT16 R5WELS

T16 R6WELS

EagleLake

T16 R14WELS

T16 R13WELS

T16 R12WELS

T16 R8WELS

T16 R9WELS

CaswellConnorTwpNew

SwedenT15 R5WELS

T15 R14WELS

T15 R6WELS

T15 R13WELS

T15 R12WELS

T15 R11WELS

T15 R10WELS

T15 R9WELS

T15 R8WELS

CaribouPerhamT14 R15WELS T14 R5

WELST14 R14WELS

T14 R11WELS

T14 R12WELS

T14 R10WELS

T14 R8WELS

T14 R9WELS

T14 R13WELS T14 R6

WELST14 R7WELS

FortFairfield

T13 R16WELS

T13 R15WELS

T13 R14WELS

T13 R13WELS WadeT13 R12

WELST13 R8WELS

T13 R9WELS

T13 R11WELS

T13 R10WELS T13 R5

WELSPortage

LakeT13 R7WELS

PresqueIsle

MapletonT12 R16WELS

T12 R15WELS

T12 R14WELS

T12 R8WELS

T12 R11WELS

T12 R12WELS

T12 R13WELS

T12 R9WELS

T12 R10WELS

CastleHillNashville

PltT12 R7WELS

EastonChapman

T11 R17WELS

T11 R16WELS

T11 R15WELS

ClaytonLakeTwp

T11 R4WELS

T11 R13WELS

T11 R8WELS

T11 R9WELS

T11 R10WELS

T11 R12WELS

T11 R11WELS Garfield

PltT11 R7WELS

MarsHillWestfieldBig Ten

TwpT10 R16WELS

T10 R15WELS

T10 R14WELS

T10 R13WELS

T10 R12WELS

T10 R8WELS

T10 R11WELS

T10 R9WELS

T10 R10WELS T10 R3

WELSScopan

TwpMasardisT10 R6WELS

T10 R7WELS Blaine

T9 R17WELS

T9 R16WELS

T9 R15WELS

T9 R14WELS

T9 R13WELS

T9 R12WELS

T9 R8WELS

T9 R9WELS

T9 R10WELS

T9 R11WELS T9 R3

WELST9 R4WELS

T9 R5WELS

T9 R7WELS

OxbowPlt

CoxPatent

TD R2WELS

T8 R18WELS

T8 R14WELS

T8 R15WELS

T8 R16WELS

T8 R8WELS

T8 R17WELS

T8 R9WELS

T8 R10WELS

T8 R11WELS T8 R3

WELSSt Croix

TwpT8 R6WELS

T8 R7WELS

T8 R5WELS TC R2

WELS

T7 R19WELS

T7 R16WELS

T7 R15WELS

T7 R18WELS

T7 R17WELS

T7 R13WELS

T7 R14WELS

T7 R9WELS

T7 R10WELS

T7 R11WELS

T7 R12WELS

T7 R8WELS Dudley

TwpT7 R5WELS

T7 R6WELS

T7 R7WELS LittletonHammond

Big SixTwp T6 R18

WELST6 R10WELS

T6 R17WELS

St JohnTwp

T6 R11WELS

T6 R15WELS

T6 R8WELS

T6 R12WELS

T6 R14WELS

T6 R13WELS SmyrnaMerrillMoro

PltT6 R6WELS

T6 R7WELS Ludlow

Houlton

T5 R18WELS

T5 R17WELS OakfieldDyer

BrookT5 R11WELS HerseyT5 R9

WELSMountChase

T5 R7WELS

T5 R15WELS

T5 R8WELS

T5 R12WELS

T5 R14WELS

HodgdonLinneusT4 R17WELS T4 R3

WELST4 R15WELS

IslandFallsT4 R14

WELS CrystalT4 R12WELS

T4 R11WELS

T4 R13WELS PattenT4 R10

WELST4 R7WELS

T4 R9WELS

T4 R8WELS

AmityT3 R3WELSSherman T3 R4

WELST3 R10WELS

T3 R8WELS

T3 R7WELST3 R13

WELST3 R12WELS

T3 R11WELSLobster

Twp

OrientAlder BkTwp

GlenwoodPltT2 R8

WELST2 R10WELS

T2 R4WELS

RainbowTwp

T2 R12WELS

T2 R13WELS

T2 R9WELS

WestonReedPlt

BrassuaTwp

T1 R12WELS

T1 R13WELS

T1 R6WELS

T1 R8WELST1 R9

WELST1 R10WELS

T1 R5WELS

T1 R11WELSMoose

RiverKineoTwp

DanforthTA R11WELS

TA R10WELS

Lily BayTwp MedwayJackman T8 R4

NBPPAtteanTwp

DrewPlt Forest TwpHoleb

Twp BrooktonTwpTB R11

WELSTB R10WELS T8 R3

NBPPWoodvilleT2 R9NWP Prentiss

TwpT3 R9NWP Codyville

PltWebster

PltT4 R9NWPSkinner

Twp TopsfieldWinnEbeemeeTwp Kossuth

Twp

Cove PtTwp

T5 R6BKP WKR

T7 R9NWP Carroll

PltDyerTwpT2 R8

NWPLakeViewPlt

SeboeisPlt

LincolnLeeKibby

Twp WaiteShirleyT3 R5BKP WKR Talmadge Fowler

TwpT6 R1NBPPLakevilleMonson T3 R1

NBPPMedford IndianTwpEnfieldBlanchard

Twp MiloT3 R4BKP WKR

LowellSebec

FlagstaffTwp T6 ND

BPPCaratunkDover-

Foxcroft PrincetonGuilford

Eustis AbbotT3 ND

OrnevilleTwp EdinburgKingsbury

Plt Atkinson CalaisMayfieldTwp T43 MD

BPPSummit

TwpParkman T42 MDBPP BaringHighland

PltCoplin

Plt Bradford T41 MDLangTwp Carrabasset

ValleyDavisTwp T40 MDWellington Garland Alton

BrightonPlt T39 MD CrawfordT37 MD

BPPDexterRedingtonTwp

ConcordTwp T36 MD

BPP PerryLexington

TwpDallas

Plt Hudson T35 MDKingfield MilfordCorinth T34 MDHarmonyLincolnPlt ExeterAthens Old

TownCorinnaWesleyT32 MDSolon St AlbansEmbden T30 MD

BPPNewPortlandRangeley

Plt Bradley T28 MDHartland Stetson AuroraCornvillePhillips Newport MarionTwp

T25 MDBPPAmherst

Madison Palmyra NorthfieldAnson T24 MDBPPBangor

CliftonHermonAvon T22 MDCarmel

Pittsfield WhitingOsbornEtnaSkowhegan Holden

T19 MDBPP Centerville

TwpByronUptonT18 MD

BPPWeld

Starks DebloisCutlerT16 MDOtisTemple DedhamDixmont

ColumbiaTroyRoxbury

BucksportClintonNew

SharonMercer Winterport

FairfieldGraftonTwp

Carthage T10 SDWilton MonroeEllsworth

FranklinOrlandUnity Frankfort

FletchersLanding

TwpBenton

RumfordMexico Rome

NewryDixfield

Jay ViennaAlbionWinslowRiley

TwpKnox

Canton MountVernon

PeruHanover

SidneyBethel Blue HillChinaWoodstock CastineSumner

GileadReadfield

AlbanyTwp

Wayne

LeedsTurner

AppletonWinthrop Windsor Lincolnville BrooklinBuckfield

HibbertsGore

ParisNorway HopeChelsea

UnionWaterfordLovell GreeneCamden

MinotOxfordSweden WarrenOtisfield

Richmond

Fryeburg

MechanicFalls

Bridgton PolandPerkins

TwpLisbon

DenmarkCasco New

GloucesterNaples DurhamBrownfield Topsham

Sebago GrayPorter Baldwin

Standish

Gorham

BuxtonNewfield

Waterboro Scarborough

SacoLyman

Lebanon

NorthBerwick Wells

Berwick

YorkEliot

Kittery

BigTwenty

Twp

T19 R12WELS

T18 R10WELS

St.FrancisT17

R14WELS

T15 R15WELS

T14R16

WELS

Walla -grass

Frenchville

Madawaska

Winter -villePlt

Stock -holm

Westmanland

Hamlin

VanBuren

Lime - stoneWood -

land

Wash -burn

Bridge -water

Monti -cello

NewLimerick

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Forks -townTwp

Webber -townTwp

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MolunkusTwp

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Acad Grant King -manTwp

Mattawam -keag

Milli -nocket

Mt.Katahdin

Twp

Nesourd-nahunk

Twp

SoperMtnTwp

EagleLakeTwp

TroutBrookTwp

Chesun -cookTwp

T12 R17WELS

T9R18

WELS

T8R19

WELS

RussellPondTwpElm

StreamTwp

T5R19

WELST5

R20WELS

DoleBrookTwp

PittstonAcademy

Grant

Com -stockTwp Seboo -

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mondTwp

Bald MtnTwp

T4 R3Sandy

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Prentiss

Twp

ForsythTwp

Dennis -townTwp

Thorn -dikeTwp

Soldier -townTwp

PlymouthTwp

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BigW

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Tom -hegan

MiseryTwp

SaplingTwp

ChaseStream

Twp

LongPondTwp

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CarryTwp

DaysAcadGrant

Twp

TX R14EastMiddlesexCanal Grant

SpencerBayTwp

French -townTwp

Beaver Cove

BowdoinCollegeGrantWest

BowdoinCollegeGrantEast

ElliottsvilleTwp

Willimantic

Bowerbank

Barnard TwpWilliamsburg

Twp

Brownville

Sanger -ville

Lagrange

Maxfie

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Howland

ArgyleTwp Green -

bush

Passadumkeag

Charles -ton

Chester

Burlington

GrandFallsTwp

Green -fieldTwp

Spring -field

GrandLake

StreamPlt

T26 EDBPP

LambertLakeTwp

Vance -boro

T11 R3NBPP

Alexander

Baileyville

Meddy-bemps

CooperCharlotte

T19 EDBPP

Robbin -ston

Pembroke

Dennys -

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EdmundsTwp Trescott

Twp

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Marshfield

WhitneyvilleMachias

RoqueBluffsJonesport

AddisonColumbia

Falls

Cherry -field

Milbridge

Steuben

Dever -eauxTwp

Bedding -ton

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T9 SD

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Sears -port

Kendus-keagLevant

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Belfast

Sedg -wick

Brooks -villeNorth -port

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Jack -sonThorn -

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Detroit

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Farming -ton

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Twp

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Twp

JohnsonMountain

Twp

AppletonTwp

BradstreetTwpT5 R7

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Hobbs -townTwp

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Lowell -townTwp

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BeattieTwp

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Stetson -townTwp

Lynch -townTwp

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Bowman -townTwp

Parker -townTwp

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Alfred

Dayton

Sanford

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Berwick Ogunquit

Kennebunk

Arundel

Biddeford

OldOrchardBeach

Kenne-bunkport

ETwp

BlakeGore

T4 R5NBKP

Shaw -townTwp

Ashland

Jonesboro

Green -ville

Rangeley

Augusta

Moscow

KatahdinIron Works

Twp

Southport

BoothbayHarbor

Booth -bay

BristolSouthBristol

Monhegan IsPlt

MuscleRidgeShoals

TwpMatinicus

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CriehavenTwp

Vinal-haven Isle

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Twp

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Twp

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SandwichAcademyGrant Twp

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Cathance Twp

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Shoreland Alterations for Motorized Recreational Gold Prospecting