Table 3-8. State Laws and Administrative Agencies Regulating Use of 

 Coastal Maine Habitats 



System Administrative 



and law agency 3 



Palustrine, Lacustrine, and Riverine 



Protection and Improvement of Waters BEP 



Site Location of Development Act BEP and LURC 



Solid Waste Management Act BEP 



Oil Discharge and Prevention Control Act BEP 



Stream Alteration Act MDIFW 



Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act SPO 



Subdivision Law MPB and LURC 



Land Use Regulation Law LURC 



Great Ponds Act DEP 



Estuarine and Mar i ne 



Site Location of Development Act BEP 



Coastal Wetlands Act BEP and LURC 



Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act SPO 



Protection and Improvement of Waters BEP 



Oil Discharge Prevention and Pollution BEP 



Control Act 



Marine Resources Management Law MDMR 



Land Use Regulation Law LURC 



Terrestrial 



Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act SPO 



Subdivision law MPB and LURC 



Site Location of Development Act BEP 



Solid Waste Management Law BEP 



Land Use Regulation Law LURC 



Protection and Improvement of Air Law BEP 



a BEP = Board of Environmental Protection; MDIFW = Maine Department of 



Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; SPO= State Planning Office; MPD= Municipal 



Planning Board; LURC= Land Use Regulation Commission; DEP= Department 



of Environmental Protection; and MDMR= Maine Department of Marine Resources. 



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