AQUACULTURE LEASE APPLICATION NOTICE OF HEARING MAIN Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has received a completed lease expansion application for the following Experimental Lease Standard Lease Applicant Name and Lease Type Sea Stuff Culture Type Suspended culture (Gear on bottom and/or suspended) Bottom culture (No Gear) Species Shellfish Marine algae Finfish Other North of Little Chebeague Island, west of Indian Point Great Chebeague Island, ME General Location, Town Acreage Request 3.9 Lease Term Requested 3 years The public hearing on this application has been scheduled as follows: November 6, 2019 at 5 :00 p.m. Chebeague Island Hall Community Center 247 South Road Chebeague Island, ME If the public hearing listed above is postponed or cannot be concluded by a reasonable hour, an alternate public hearing will be held on November 7, 2019, at the same location Notice of a postponement or a continuance will be posted on the Department's website. Applications to intervene need to be received by DMR no later than 4:00 p.m. on October 22, 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 goveming 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() et seq. Address questions to: Maine Department of Marine Resources Attn: Aquaculture Division 21 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0021 (207) 624-6567 DMRaquaculture@maine.gov For disability accommodations, contact Meredith Mendelson at: (207) 624-6579, Meredith.Mendelson@maine.gov AQUACULTURE LEASE APPLICATION NOTICE OF HEARING MAIN Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has received a completed lease expansion application for the following Experimental Lease Standard Lease Applicant Name and Lease Type Sea Stuff Culture Type Suspended culture (Gear on bottom and/or suspended) Bottom culture (No Gear) Species Shellfish Marine algae Finfish Other North of Little Chebeague Island, west of Indian Point Great Chebeague Island, ME General Location, Town Acreage Request 3.9 Lease Term Requested 3 years The public hearing on this application has been scheduled as follows: November 6, 2019 at 5 :00 p.m. Chebeague Island Hall Community Center 247 South Road Chebeague Island, ME If the public hearing listed above is postponed or cannot be concluded by a reasonable hour, an alternate public hearing will be held on November 7, 2019, at the same location Notice of a postponement or a continuance will be posted on the Department's website. Applications to intervene need to be received by DMR no later than 4:00 p.m. on October 22, 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 goveming 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() et seq. Address questions to: Maine Department of Marine Resources Attn: Aquaculture Division 21 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0021 (207) 624-6567 DMRaquaculture@maine.gov For disability accommodations, contact Meredith Mendelson at: (207) 624-6579, Meredith.Mendelson@maine.gov