Aquaculture Public Hearing - Nice Oyster Company, LLC

Date: October 5, 2022

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Location: Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St. and Remote via Teams

Town: Brunswick

The Department of Marine Resources will hold a public hearing for the following aquaculture lease application:

Applicant Name and Lease Type

NICE Oyster Company, LLC

Experimental Lease

Standard Lease

Culture Type

Bottom culture

(No gear)

Suspended culture

(Gear on bottom and/or suspended)

Species

Shellfish        Marine algae         Finfish                           Other

General Location, Town

East of Woodward Point, New Meadow River, Brunswick

Acreage Requested

4.49

Lease Term Requested

10 years

In Person Hearing:

October 5, 2022, 5:00pm
Curtis Memorial Library
23 Pleasant St. Brunswick, Maine 04011

Remote Hearing:

October 5, 2022, 5:00pm
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Notice of a continuance will be posted to DMR’s website.

The hearing will be held in accordance with the adjudicatory proceeding provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedures Act (5 M.R.S.A., ch. 375, subchapter 4).  Any interested person may attend the hearing and registered participants may ask questions of the parties or testify about the effect of the proposed lease.

Address questions to:
Maine Department of Marine Resources
Attn:  Aquaculture Division
21 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0021
(207) 624-6573
DMRaquaculture@maine.gov

For disability accommodations, contact Melissa Macaluso at: (207) 624-6553, Melissa.Macaluso@maine.gov; or 877-243-2823, TTY 711

RELEVANT AUTHORITY: Chapter 2 of DMR’s regulations; 5 M.R.S.A. §9501 et seq. & 12 M.R.S.A. §6072(1) et seq., & 12 M.R.S.A. §6072-A(1) et seq.