An Act To Reclassify Certain Downeast Waters
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1891
Committee: Natural Resources
Amends: 38 MRSA §467, 38 MRSA §468

12lst MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 1891 
H.P.1401 
House of Representatives, March 1, 2004 
An Act To Reclassify Certain Downeast Waters 
Reported by Representative KOFFMAN of Bar Harbor for the Joint Standing Committee 
on Natural Resources pursuant to Public Law 2003, chapter 317 and Resol ve 2003, chapter 
101, section 3. 
Reference to the Committee on Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed under 
Joint Rule 218. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§2. 1[B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
317, §4, is further amended to read: 
B. 
Dennys River, tributaries -
Class A unless otherwise 
specified. 
(1) 
All tributaries entering below the Route 1 bridge 
- Class B. 
(2) 
Venture Brook in Edmunds Township - Class AA. 
(3) 
Cathance Stream below the Great Works impoundment 
in Edmunds Township, Marion Township and Township 14 -
Class AA. 
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§3, 1fB, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
317, §5, is further amended to read: 
B. 
East 
Machias 
River, 
tributaries 
otherwise specified. 
Class 
A 
unless 
(1) 
All 
tributaries entering 
below 
the 
Route 
bridge in Jacksonville - Class B. 
(2) 
Beaverdam Brook - Class AA. 
(3) 
Seavey Brook in Crawford - Class AA. 
(4) 
Harmon Brook in Crawford - Class AA. 
(5) 
Northern Stream in Township 19 Eastern Division -
Class AA. 
(6) 
Creamer Brook in Township 19 Eastern Division -
Class AA. 
(7) 
Clifford Brook - Class AA. 
Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§5, 1[B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
317, §10, is further amended to read: 
B. 
Machias River, tributaries -
Class A unless otherwise 
specified. 
(1) 
All 
tributaries 
entering 
below 
Route 
1A 
in 
Whitneyville - Class B. 
(2) 
Mopang Stream, 
from the outlet of Mopang Second 
Lake to its confluence with the Machias River -
Class 
AA. 
(3) 
Old Stream, from the outlet of First Lake to its 
confluence with the Machias River - Class AA. 
(4) 
West Branch of the Machias River, from the outlet 
of Lower Sabao Lake to its confluence with the Machias 
River - Class AA. 
(S) 
New Stream, in Northfield and Wesley - Class AA. 
(6) 
Crooked Stream - Class AA. 
(7) 
Fletcher Brook in Township 36 Middle Division -
Class AA. 
(8) 
Magazine Brook in Township 43 Middle Division -
Class AA. 
( 9) 
Bowles 
Brook in Township 
Middle Division 
Class AA. 
(10) 
Chain Lakes Stream in Township 31 - Class AA. 
(11) 
Pembroke Stream in Township 31 Middle Division -
Class AA. 
(12) 
Holmes Brook in Northfield - Class AA. 
(13) 
Bog Brook - Class AA. 
(14) 
Pineo Brook in Wesley - Class AA. 
(lS) 
Black Brook in Township 
2S 
Middle Division 
Class AA. 
Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §467, sub-§8, ,B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 
764, §8, is amended to read: 
so 
B. 
Pleasant River, tributaries -
Class A unless otherwise 
specified. 
(1) 
All tributaries entering below the Maine Central 
Railroad bridge - Class B. 
(2) 
Bog Stream (Deblois) - Class B. 
(3) 
Beaver Meadow Brook (Deblois) - Class B. 
(4) 
Eastern Little River in Columbia Falls - Class AA. 
(5) 
Western Little River 
from its confluence with 
Montegail Stream to the Pleasant River in Columbia, 
Township 
Middle Division and 
Township 
Middle 
Division - Class AA. 
Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §468, sub-§8. ~K, as enac ted by PL 2003, 
c . 
317, §21, is amended to read: 
K. 
Steuben. 
(1) 
Whitten Parritt Stream - Class A. 
(2) Tunk Stream and tributaries upstream of Route 1 -
Class A. 
Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §468, sub-§8, ~~L to 0 are enacted to read: 
L. 
Harrington. 
(1) 
Harrington River and tributaries - Class A. 
M. 
Columbia. 
(1) 
Harrington River and tributaries - Class A. 
N. 
Addison. 
(1) 
Indian River - Class A. 
O. 
Jonesport. 
(1) 
Indian River - Class A. 
SUMMARY 
This bill reclassifies certain Downeast waters that were 
proposed for reclassification by the Department of Environmental 
Protection 
during 
the 
First 
Regular 
Session 
of 
the 
121st 
Legislature but were not included in the report of the Joint 
Standing Committee 
on Natural 
Resources 
during that session. 
This bill is submitted pursuant to Public Law 2003, chapter 317.