Maine Revised Statutes
Article 2: POLLUTION CONTROL
38 §418-B. Prohibition on application of fertilizers near great ponds

§418-B. Prohibition on application of fertilizers near great ponds
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not apply a fertilizer containing phosphorus or nitrogen within 25 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond, except that a person may apply a fertilizer containing phosphorus or nitrogen within 25 feet but not closer than 10 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond if applying the fertilizer using a drop spreader, rotary spreader with a deflector or targeted spray liquid. As used in this section, "fertilizer" has the same meaning as in section 419, subsection 1, paragraph A‑3.   [PL 2015, c. 75, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2015, c. 75, §1 (NEW).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Chapter 3: PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF WATERS

Subchapter 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOARD

Article 2: POLLUTION CONTROL

38 §411. State contribution to pollution abatement

38 §411-A. State contribution to residential overboard discharge replacement projects

38 §411-B. Planning

38 §411-C. Maine Clean Water Fund

38 §412. Grants by State for planning

38 §412-A. Technical and legal assistance

38 §412-B. Consultation on waste water disposal

38 §413. Waste discharge licenses

38 §414. Applications for licenses

38 §414-A. Conditions of licenses

38 §414-B. Publicly owned treatment works

38 §414-C. Color pollution control

38 §414-D. Municipal satellite collection systems

38 §415. Appeals (REPEALED)

38 §416. Discharge of oil prohibited (REPEALED)

38 §417. Certain deposits and discharges prohibited

38 §417-A. Manure spreading

38 §418. Log driving and storage

38 §418-A. Protection of the Penobscot River

38 §418-B. Prohibition on application of fertilizers near great ponds

38 §419. Cleaning agents and lawn and turf fertilizer containing phosphate banned

38 §419-A. Prohibition on the use of tributyltin as an antifouling agent

38 §419-B. Goals for dates of removal of transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls

38 §419-C. Prevention of the spread of invasive aquatic plants

38 §419-D. Synthetic plastic microbeads

38 §419-E. Coal tar sealant products

38 §420. Certain deposits and discharges prohibited

38 §420-A. Dioxin monitoring program (REPEALED)

38 §420-B. Surface water ambient toxic monitoring program

38 §420-C. Erosion and sedimentation control

38 §420-D. Storm water management

38 §420-E. Municipal storm water ordinances; transportation systems

38 §421. Solid waste disposal areas; location (REPEALED)

38 §422. Dredging permits (REPEALED)

38 §423. Discharge of waste from watercraft

38 §423-A. Discharge of waste from motor vehicles

38 §423-B. Watercraft sanitary waste pump-out facilities at marinas

38 §423-C. Registered owner's liability for vehicle illegally discharging waste

38 §423-D. Graywater and blackwater discharges from commercial passenger vessels

38 §424. Voluntary water quality monitors

38 §424-A. Coordination for addressing water quality problems related to subsurface waste water disposal systems in shellfish growing areas

38 §424-B. Water Quality Improvement Fund

38 §424-C. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighting or fire-suppressing foam