AQUACULTURE LEASE APPLICATION MAINE NOTICE OF HEARING The DMR is holding a remote public hearing to take evidence on an aquaculture lease application for the following: Applicant Name and Lease Type Experimental Lease Standard Lease Shearwater Ventures, LLC O Bottom culture Suspended culture (No Gear) Culture Type (Gear on bottom and/or suspended) Species O Shellfish E Marine algae OFinfish DOther General Location, Town East of Little Chebeague Island, Towns of Chebeague and Long Island, Casco Bay Acreage Requested 3.79 acres Lease Term Requested 20 years The public hearing on this application has been scheduled as follows: July 26, 2021 3:00 .m. Remote hearing conducted via Microsoft Teams If the public hearing listed above is postponed an alternate remote public hearing will be held on July 27, 2021, at the same time. Notice of a postponement will be posted on the Department's website. PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARING: Interested persons may participate in the remote hearing by computer or phone. To help manage the proceeding, interested persons need complete an online registration form no later than 5:00 p.m., July II, 2021. After the registration deadline, DMR will contact interested persons with information about how to join the remote hearing. If you are unable to register online or need assistance with the form, please contact DMR. Online registration can be completed at: https://www.maine.gov/dmr/aquaculture/ meetinglist.html. INTERVENING: Applications to intervene need to be received by DMR no later than 5:00 p.m., July 11, 2021. DMR will decide whether to grant intervenor applications five days before the hearing. If you are granted intervenor status, you become a legal party to the proceeding. See the contact information below to request an intervenor application from DMR. You do not need to be an intervenor to participate in the proceeding. 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. 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 Melissa Macaluso at: (207) 624-6553, Melissa.Macaluso@maine.gov; or 877-243-2823, TTY 711 RELEVANT AUTHORITY: Chapter 2 of DMR regulations; 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. AQUACULTURE LEASE APPLICATION MAINE NOTICE OF HEARING The DMR is holding a remote public hearing to take evidence on an aquaculture lease application for the following: Applicant Name and Lease Type Experimental Lease Standard Lease Shearwater Ventures, LLC O Bottom culture Suspended culture (No Gear) Culture Type (Gear on bottom and/or suspended) Species O Shellfish E Marine algae OFinfish DOther General Location, Town East of Little Chebeague Island, Towns of Chebeague and Long Island, Casco Bay Acreage Requested 3.79 acres Lease Term Requested 20 years The public hearing on this application has been scheduled as follows: July 26, 2021 3:00 .m. Remote hearing conducted via Microsoft Teams If the public hearing listed above is postponed an alternate remote public hearing will be held on July 27, 2021, at the same time. Notice of a postponement will be posted on the Department's website. PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARING: Interested persons may participate in the remote hearing by computer or phone. To help manage the proceeding, interested persons need complete an online registration form no later than 5:00 p.m., July II, 2021. After the registration deadline, DMR will contact interested persons with information about how to join the remote hearing. If you are unable to register online or need assistance with the form, please contact DMR. Online registration can be completed at: https://www.maine.gov/dmr/aquaculture/ meetinglist.html. INTERVENING: Applications to intervene need to be received by DMR no later than 5:00 p.m., July 11, 2021. DMR will decide whether to grant intervenor applications five days before the hearing. If you are granted intervenor status, you become a legal party to the proceeding. See the contact information below to request an intervenor application from DMR. You do not need to be an intervenor to participate in the proceeding. 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. 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 Melissa Macaluso at: (207) 624-6553, Melissa.Macaluso@maine.gov; or 877-243-2823, TTY 711 RELEVANT AUTHORITY: Chapter 2 of DMR regulations; 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.