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An Act To Prevent Passage of Alewives through the Grand Falls Dam on the St. Croix River
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6134, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 47, §1, is amended to read:
By May 1, 2013May 1, 2016, the commissioner and the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall ensure that the fishwaysfishway on the Woodland Dam and the Grand Falls Dam located on the St. Croix River areis configured or operated in a manner that allows the unconstrainedprevents passage of river herring.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires the fishway on the Grand Falls Dam located on the St. Croix River to be configured or operated to prevent passage of river herring into the lakes that form the headwaters of the river, including, but not limited to, Grand Falls Flowage, Big Lake, West Grand Lake and Spednic Lake.