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An Act To Improve Beach-cast Seaweed Management for Health, Ecology and Tourism
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §480-Q, sub-§16-A  is enacted to read:
 
16-A.  Municipal removal of beach-cast seaweed after storm or tide.     Removal by a municipality of beach-cast seaweed from a coastal sand dune system where a large storm or tide has deposited a large amount of beach-cast seaweed;
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows municipalities to remove beach-cast seaweed without having to obtain a permit pursuant to the Natural Resources Protection Act after large storms or tides have deposited large amounts of beach-cast seaweed.