Payment Portal Instructions for Site Law Applications

Maine DEP can accept online credit card payments through a Credit Card Payment Portal. Please note: The portal can only accept credit card payments of $1,000 or less; however, there is no limit on payments by electronic check. Also, the servicer of the portal charges a $2 transaction fee. See the Payment Portal for more details.

While the application fee (which includes the combined processing fee and licensing fee) for most new Site Location of Development Law (Site Law) applications exceeds the credit card payment limit, some Site Law applicants may select this payment option.  An applicant seeking a minor revision, minor amendment, condition compliance, or permit transfer are among those who may elect to pay the application fee by credit card.

Applicants paying a Site Law application fee by credit card will be presented the following three option within the dropdown menu at the payment portal:

  • Site Location of Development Law - Subdivision
  • Site Location of Development Law - Industrial
  • Site Location of Development Law - All Other

The list below indicates which of the three categories to select depending on the activity code that corresponds with the development. The activity code is included in the Department's fee schedule, as well as in the license number for previously approved development. In the following example of a license number, the activity code for paper mill development is in bold, L-023456-20-A-N.

Site Location of Development Law – Subdivision

L0  Great American neighborhood
L1  Residential subdivision development of affordable housing
L2  Residential subdivision development with public water & sewer
L3  All other residential subdivision development
87  Multi-family or condominium development
MX  Mixed use (residential/condo, residential/non-residential)

Site Location of Development Law – Industrial

18  Airport development
20  Paper mill development
21  Lumber products/sawmill development
23  Shopping center development
25  Warehouse development
39  Industrial park/commercial development
85  Transient lodging development
ES  Certification of small-scale wind development

Site Location of Development Law – All Other

06  Delegation of authority to a municipality
19  Medical facility development
22  School development
24   Non-hydro utility development (includes large-scale windpower projects, but excludes solar projects)
26  Other non-residential structure development
27  Pipeline development
28  Recreational site development
PS Solar projects