An Act Directing the Commissioner of Marine Resources To Investigate the Conditions of Sheepscot Pond Related to a Management Plan for Anadromous Fish Species
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0922
Committee Amendment CA_A_H631 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,./f,, to H.P. 650, L.D. 922, Bill, "An Act Directing 
the Commissioner of Marine Resources To Investigate the Conditions of Sheepscot Pond 
Related to a Management Plan for Anadromous Fish Species" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Directing the Commissioner oflnland Fisheries and Wildlife To Open 
Sheepscot Pond to Anadromous Fish Passage Beginning in 2020' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1. 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 10 in the first line (page 1, line 16 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "The" and inserting the following: 'Beginning April 15. 
2020, the' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 3. Report. No later than January 15, 2020, the Commissioner of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife shall provide to the joint standing committees of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife and marine resources matters a 
report detailing how the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, with the 
cooperation of the Department of Marine Resources, as necessary, will address the 
following issues related to opening the fishway on the Sheepscot River located at the 
outlet of Sheepscot Pond from April 15th to June 30th annually to allow the passage of 
anadromous fish: managing any biosecurity concerns at the Palermo Rearing Station on 
Sheepscot Pond; allowing lamprey eels to exit Sheepscot Pond; and managing the 
migration of alewives out of Sheepscot Pond. Each joint standing committee may report 
out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature based upon the 
report.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMIITEE AMENDMENT·#• to H,P. 650, L.D, 922 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, removes the 
provisions of the bill that direct the Commissioner of Marine Resources to develop a 
management plan for anadromous fish in Sheepscot Pond and that direct the 
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to cooperate in that effort. The 
amendment delays until 2020 the requirement in the bill that the Commissioner of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife open and keep operational the fishway at the outlet of Sheepscot 
Pond from April 15th to June 30th annually to allow the passage of anadromous fish. The 
amendment also requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to provide, 
no later than January 15, 2020, a report to the joint standing committees of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife and marine resources 
matters detailing how the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, with the 
cooperation of the Department of Marine Resources, as necessary, will address concerns 
related to opening the fishway regarding managing any biosecurity concerns at the 
Palermo Rearing Station on Sheepscot Pond, allowing lamprey eels to exit Sheepscot 
Pond and managing the migration of alewives out of Sheepscot Pond. The amendment 
allows each joint standing committee to report out legislation based on the report to the 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/20/18 feac. 
LD922 
LR 1714(02) 
An Act Directing the Commissioner of Marine Resources To Investigate the Conditions of Sheepscot 
Pond Related to a Management Plan for Anadromous Fish Species 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '/f1{1/~f::;3i) 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Marine Resources or Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife as a 
result of the changes to opening and closing dates of the fishway on Sheepscot Pond or cooperation between the two 
departments in addressing concerns related to the fishway management and biosecurity concerns at the Palenno 
Rearing Station on Sheepscot Pond are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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