The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is holding a public hearing to take evidence on an aquaculture lease application for the following:
Applicant Name and Lease Type: George F. Faux, Inc., Experimental Lease
Culture Type: Suspended culture (Gear on bottom and/or suspended)
Species: Shellfish
General Location, Town: Blackstone Narrows, Damariscotta River, Newcastle
Acreage Requested: 1.12 acres
Lease Term Requested: 3 years
The public hearing on this application has been scheduled as follows:
August 7, 2019
6:00 p.m.
Newcastle Fire Department
86 River Road, Newcastle, ME
If the public hearing listed above is postponed or continued, an alternate public hearing will be held on August 8, 2019 at the same time and location. Notice of a postponement or continuance will be posted on DMR’s ’s website.
Applications to intervene need to be received by DMR no later than 4:00 p.m. on July 23, 2019. DMR will decide whether to grant intervenor applications five days before the hearing. Please review the section below for more information.
INFORMATION ON DMR WEBSITE: See DMR’s website, for the lease application and DMR site report: http://www.maine.gov/dmr/aquaculture/leases/pending/index.html
PARTICIPATING AT THE HEARING: Any interested person may attend the hearing and ask questions of the parties or testify under oath about the effect of the proposed lease. Aquaculture lease hearings are adjudicatory proceedings. If you intend to participate, please visit DMR’s website to learn more about these types of proceedings. On DMR’s website the following are posted: the lease criteria, hearing procedures, and suggestions for effective public participation during the hearing. https://www.maine.gov/dmr/aquaculture/public-participation.html
INTERVENING: If you apply for and are granted intervenor status, you become a legal party to the proceeding. See the contact information below to request an intervenor application from DMR.
RELEVANT AUTHORITY: The rules governing the leasing program are found in Chapter 2 of DMR regulations. The statutory provisions are: 5 M.R.S.A. §9501 et seq. & 12 M.R.S.A. §6072(1) et seq., & 12 M.R.S.A. §6072-A(1) et seq.
Address questions to:
Maine Department of Marine Resources
Attn: Aquaculture Division
21 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0021
(207) 624-6567
Send emails to DMRaquaculture@maine.gov
For disability accommodations, contact Meredith Mendelson at:
(207) 624-6579, Meredith.Mendelson@maine.gov
