Maine § 12 §1867 Sunken logs on submerged lands owned by State

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §1867 — Sunken logs on submerged lands owned by State

Maine § 12 §1867

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 2FORESTS, PARKS, LAKES AND RIVERS

Ch. 220BUREAU OF PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §1867 (2026).

Text

1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

2.Title to sunken logs. The State reserves to itself title and ownership to all logs resting on submerged lands that are owned by the State.

3.Salvage and sale of sunken logs. The director may conduct a sunken log salvage program under which the director may issue a permit for the salvage of sunken logs on submerged lands owned by the State. The director may sell logs salvaged under the sunken log salvage program. Prior to conducting a log salvage operation on submerged lands, a person must obtain a sunken log salvage permit from the bureau and must obtain all other applicable permits from the appropriate local, state and federal agencies with jurisdiction ove

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Title to sunken logs.
The State reserves to itself title and ownership to all logs resting on submerged lands that are owned by the State.
3.
Salvage and sale of sunken logs.
The director may conduct a sunken log salvage program under which the director may issue a permit for the salvage of sunken logs on submerged lands owned by the State. The director may sell logs salvaged under the sunken log salvage program. Prior to conducting a log salvage operation on submerged lands, a person must obtain a sunken log salvage permit from the bureau and must obtain all other applicable permits from the appropriate local, state and federal agencies with jurisdiction over this activity. The bureau may not issue a permit for this activity if the director finds that the proposed sunken log salvage operations may unreasonably interfere with customary or traditional public access to or public trust rights or uses in, on or over the intertidal or submerged lands and the waters above those lands.
4.
Rules.
5.
Revenues.
The director shall charge an application fee of $100 for each permit. The director may establish reasonable prices for the sale of salvaged logs. All revenues from the bureau's activities under this section accrue to the Submerged Lands Fund established in section 1861.
6.
Pulpwood salvage exemption.
A person who has been granted a charter or other specific authorization by the Legislature prior to June 30, 1998 to erect and maintain piers and booms to collect and store pulpwood in waters over submerged lands may salvage the pulpwood stored in compliance with that charter and is exempt from subsections 3 and 5 and rules pertaining to pulpwood salvage adopted under section 1803, as long as, prior to conducting a pulpwood salvage operation, that person:

Legislative History

PL 1997, c. 678, §13 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 391, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 604, §§13,14 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV). PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24 (REV).