Proposed Rulemaking

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2020

Posted January 29, 2020

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 30 River Herring Pilot Project Exemption. Public Hearing: No hearing scheduled. Comment Deadlie: February 28, 2020 (pdf file, 200 KB)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 40 Smelt Regulations. Public Hearing: No hearing scheduled. Comment Deadlie: February 28, 2020 (pdf file, 193 KB)

Posted January 8, 2020

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 8 Landings Program. Public Hearing: January 27, 2020, at 4:00 p.m., Marquardt Building, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Snow date: January 31, 2020, at 4:30 p.m., Marquardt Building, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Comment Deadlie: February 10, 2020 (pdf file, 123 KB)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 36 Atlantic Herring. Public Hearing: January 27, 2020, at 4:30 p.m., Marquardt Building, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Snow date: January 31, 2020, at 4:00 p.m., Marquardt Building, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Comment Deadline: February 10, 2020 (pdf file, 299 KB)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 55 Gear Restrictions. Public Hearing: None Scheduled. Comment Deadling: February 10, 2020 (pdf file 114 KB)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 42: Striped Bass. Public Hearing: 6:00 PM, January 27, 2020, DMR Augusta Office, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta, ME 04333; 6:00 PM, January 30, 2020, Yarmouth - Log Cabin, 196 Main Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096; Snow date scheduled for January 31, 2020 2:30 pm, DMR Offices, RM 118 Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta ME. Comment Deadline, February 10, 2020 (pdf file, 252 KB)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 41 Atlantic Menhaden; 2020 Season. Public Hearing: January 27, 2020, at 5:00 p.m., Marquardt Building, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Snow date: January 31, 2020, at 3:30 p.m., Marquardt Building, Room 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Comment Deadline: February 10, 2020 (pdf file, 209 KB)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 32 Elver Quota System for the 2020 season. NOTE: PUBLIC HEARING DATE AND COMMENT DEADLINE HAVE BEEN REVISED AS FOLLOWS: Public Hearing: 4:00 PM January 29, 2020 Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME (Snow date 1:30 PM January 31, 2020, Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME). Comment Deadline: February 10, 2020 (pdf file, 198 KB)

2019

Posted December 31, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 32 Elver Quota System for the 2020 season. Public Hearing): 5:00 PM January 21, 2020 Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME (Snow date 5:00 PM January 24, 2020, Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME) Comment Deadlie: February 3, 2020

Posted December 20, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 8 Landings Program Aquaculture Reporting: - Public Hearings January 13, 2020 5:30 pm, DMR Offices, RM 118 Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta ME; January 15, 2020 5:30 pm, Ellsworth City Hall, Ellsworth ME;Snow date scheduled for January 17, 2020 2:30 pm, DMR Offices, RM 118 Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta ME; Comment Deading - January 27, 2020 (pdf file 212 kb)

Posted September 11, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 8 Landings Program; Chapter 36 Herring; Chapter 41 Menhaden - Public Hearings: October 2, 2019, 3:30 PM, DMR – Augusta, Rm 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta, ME; Comment Deadline: October 12,, 2019 (pdf file 244 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 10.05 Taking of Quahogs in the Sub-Tidal Waters of New Meadows Lakes, Brunswick and West Bath - Public Hearings: October 1, 2019, 5:00 PM, DMR – West Bath Fire Station, 192 State Road, West Bath, 04530; Comment Deadline: October 11,, 2019 (pdf file 167 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 34 Groundfish Regulations - Comment Deadline: October 11,, 2019 (pdf file 167 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 75 Protected Resources Regulations - Public Hearings: October 2, 2019 4:00 PM, DMR Offices Marquardt Building Room 118: Comment Deadline: October 14, 2019 (pdf file 243 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 94 Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish Proposed Rule-making - Comment Deadline: October 11, 2019 (pdf file 189 kb)

Posted August 20, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 11 Scallops; 2019-20 Season - Public Hearings: September 12, 2019, 6:00 PM, DMR – Augusta, Rm 118, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta, ME; September 16, 2019, 6:00 PM, Ellsworth City Hall Auditorium, One City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth, ME; September 17, 2019, 6:00 PM, University of Maine at Machias, Rm 102, 116 O’Brien Avenue Machias, ME - Comment Deadline: September 27, 2019 (pdf file 477 kb)

Posted May 29, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 34 Groundfish Regulations - Public Hearing: None - Comment Deadline: June 28, 2019 (pdf file 303 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 25 Lobster and Crab Fishing - Public Hearings: None - Comment Deadline: June 28, 2019 (pdf file, 309 kb)

Posted May 23, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 36 Herring; 2019 Harvest Rules - Public Hearing:June 12, 2019 at 5:00 p.m., Deering Building, Room 101, 90 Blossom Lane, Augusta - Comment Deadline: June 24, 2019 (pdf file 549 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 26-Sea Urchin 2019-20 Season OPTION 1 - Public Hearings: June 12, 2019, 6:00pm, Room 101, Deering Building, 90 Blossom Lane, Augusta; June 13, 2019, 6:00pm, Council Chamber Room, Ellsworth City Hall, 1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth. - Comment Deadline: June 24, 2019 (pdf file, 480 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 26-Sea Urchin 2019-20 Season OPTION 2 - June 12, 2019, 6:00pm, Room 101, Deering Building, 90 Blossom Lane, Augusta; June 13, 2019, 6:00pm, Council Chamber Room, Ellsworth City Hall, 1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth. - Comment Deadline: June 24, 2019 (pdf file, 465 kb)

Posted April 30, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 2 Aquaculture Lease Regulations - Public Hearings: May 22, 2019, 5:00PM, Conference Rm 118, Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta, ME.- Comment Deadline: June 1, 2019 (pdf file, 204 kb)
• Citizen Petition

• Summary of Comments - Posted July 12, 2019

Posted January 16, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 25.04 Lobster Trawl Limits Hancock County - Public Hearings: 5:00 PM, February 4, 2019, Ellsworth High School. Snow date scheduled for 5:00 PN, February 5, 2019 - Comment Deadline: February 15, 2019 (pdf file, 272 kb)

Posted January 9, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 32 Elver Quota System for the 2019 season - Public Hearings: 5:00 PM January 28, 2019, Jeff’s Catering, Brewer, ME; 5:00 PM January 29, 2019 Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME. Snow date 5:00 PM January 30, 2019, Rm 118 DMR Offices, Marquardt Building, Augusta, ME - Comment Deadline: February 11, 2019 (pdf file, 304 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 41 Menhaden; 2019 Menhaden Fishery Program - Public Hearings: January 29, 2019 at 4:30 p.m., DMR Conference Room, Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Snow date scheduled for January 30, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. - Comment Deadline: February 13, 2019 (pdf file, 212 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 36 Herring; 2019 Season - Public Hearings: January 29, 2019 at 4:00 p.m., DMR Conference Room, Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta. Snow date scheduled for January 30, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. - Comment Deadline February 13, 2019 (pdf file, 411 kb)

Posted January 2, 2019

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 2 Aquaculture Lease Regulations – Public Hearings: 5:00 PM, January 22, 2019, Yarmouth Log Cabin, 196 Main Street, Yarmouth; 5:00 PM, January 23, 2019, Rockland Ferry Terminal, 517A Maine Street, Rockland; 5:00 PM, January 24, 2019, Ellsworth City Hall, 1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth; NOTE - If any hearing(s) listed above is postponed due to weather, an alternate hearing will be held 2:00 PM, January 25, 2019, , Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta – Comment Deadline: February 4, 2019 (pdf file 470 kb)

2018

Posted December 19, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 115 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Control Plan – Public Hearing: 1:30 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 1:30 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) – Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file 318 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 34.07 Atlantic Halibut Size Limit - Public Hearing: 3:00 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 3:00 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 186 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 42 Striped Bass Method of Taking - Public Hearing: 2:00 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 2:00 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 259 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 43 Bluefish Method of Taking - Public Hearing - 2:30 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 2:30 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 259 kb)
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 8 Landings Program - Public Hearing: 1:00 PM January 9, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME. (Snow date 1:00 PM January 10, 2019, DMR Laboratory, West Boothbay Harbor, ME) - Comment Deadline: January 21, 2019 (pdf file, 192 kb)

Posted October 4, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal –25.04 Lobster Trawl Limits – Public Hearing Date: No hearings scheduled – Comment Deadline November 2, 2018 (pdf file 195 kb)

Posted September 19, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 10.05 Taking of Quahogs in the Sub-Tidal Waters of the New Meadows Lakes, Brunswick and West Bath – Public Hearing Date: October 10, 2018 – Comment Deadline October 20, 2018 (pdf file 338 kb)

Posted September 12, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 91 Scallop Spat – Public Hearing Dates: October 3, 4, 2018 – Comment Deadline: October 15, 2018 (pdf file, 299 kb)

Posted August 22, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 37 Freshwater Fish Regulations - Public Hearing Date: September 10, 2018 - Comment Deadline September 21, 2018 - pdf file, 34 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 11 Scallops; 2018-19 Season - Public Hearing Date: September 10, 11, 12, 2018 - Comment Deadline September 24, 2018 - pdf file, 743 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 110 Marine Harvesting Demonstration License - Public Hearing Date: September 10, 2018 - Comment Deadline September 21, 2018 - pdf file, 35 kb

Posted June 7, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 94 Sanitary Control of Molluscan Shellfish - Public Hearing Date: June 25, 2018 - Comment Deadline July 6, 2018 - pdf file, 321 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 7 Requirements for Municipalities Having Shellfish Conservation Programs - Public Hearing Date, June 25, 2018 - Comment Deadline: July 6, 2018 - pdf file, 306 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 14 Oysters - Public Hearing Date, June 25, 2018 - Comment Deadline: July 6, 2018 - pdf file, 204 kb

Posted May 16, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 34.07 Atlantic Halibut - Public Hearing Dates: June 5, 2018, June 6, 2018, June 7, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: June 18, 2018 - pdf file, 288 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 26 Sea Urchins - Public Hearing Dates, June 5, 2018, June 6, 2018, June 7, 2018 - Comment Deadline: June 18, 2018 - pdf file, 464 kb

Posted May 2, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 25.04 Lobster Trawl Limits - Public Hearing Date: May 22, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: June 1, 2018 - pdf file, 209 kb

Posted April 25, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 25 Lobster Tail Weights - Public Hearing Date: May 16, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: May 29, 2018 - pdf file, 267 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 24 Importation of Live Marine Organisms - Public Hearing Date: May 16, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: May 29, 2018 - pdf file, 437 kb
• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 40 Smelt Regulations - Public Hearing Date: May 16, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: May 29, 2018 - pdf file, 260 kb

Posted January 8, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 41 Menhaden - Public Hearing Date: January 31, 2018 - Comment Deadlne: February 14, 2018 - pdf file, 270 kb

Posted January 3, 2018

• Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – Chapter 2; Limited Purpose Aquaculture License Program – Public Hearing Dates: January 22, 24, 2018 - Comment Deadline: Febuary 5, 2018 - pdf file, 267kb

Proposed Rulemaking Archive, 2015–2017