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AQUACULTURE LEASE APPLICATION MAINT RESOU NOTICE OF HEARING The Department of Marine Resources is holding a public hearing to take evidence on an aquaculture lease application for the following: Applicant Name and Lease Type Experimental Lease | Standard Lease O Bottom culture Suspended culture Maine Ocean Farms, LLC Culture Type (No Gear) (Gear on bottom and/or suspended) Species E Shellfish OMarine algae OFinfish DOther General Location, Recompense Cove, Freeport waterbody. Town Acreage and Lease Term Requested 9.88 Acres Term: 20 Years The public hearing on this application has been scheduled as follows: SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 3:00 P.M. FREEPORT COMMUNITY CENTER, BRADLEY ROOM 53 DEPOT STREET, FREEPORT If the public hearing listed above is postponed or cannot be concluded by a reasonable hour, an alternate public hearing will be held on September 14, 2021, at the same time and location. Notice of a postponement or a continuance will be posted on DMR's 'website. 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 IN 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. To help manage the proceeding, interested persons need to complete an online registration form no later than 5:00 p.m. August 29, 2021. 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.govidmr/aquaculture/meetinglist.html. INTERVENING: A Applications to intervene need to be received by DMR no later than 5:00 p.m., August 29, 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. 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 Melissa Macaluso at: (207) 624-6553, Melissa.Macaluso@maine.gov; or 877-243-2823, TTY 711 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. AQUACULTURE LEASE APPLICATION MAINT RESOU NOTICE OF HEARING The Department of Marine Resources is holding a public hearing to take evidence on an aquaculture lease application for the following: Applicant Name and Lease Type Experimental Lease | Standard Lease O Bottom culture Suspended culture Maine Ocean Farms, LLC Culture Type (No Gear) (Gear on bottom and/or suspended) Species E Shellfish OMarine algae OFinfish DOther General Location, Recompense Cove, Freeport waterbody. Town Acreage and Lease Term Requested 9.88 Acres Term: 20 Years The public hearing on this application has been scheduled as follows: SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 3:00 P.M. FREEPORT COMMUNITY CENTER, BRADLEY ROOM 53 DEPOT STREET, FREEPORT If the public hearing listed above is postponed or cannot be concluded by a reasonable hour, an alternate public hearing will be held on September 14, 2021, at the same time and location. Notice of a postponement or a continuance will be posted on DMR's 'website. 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 IN 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. To help manage the proceeding, interested persons need to complete an online registration form no later than 5:00 p.m. August 29, 2021. 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.govidmr/aquaculture/meetinglist.html. INTERVENING: A Applications to intervene need to be received by DMR no later than 5:00 p.m., August 29, 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. 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 Melissa Macaluso at: (207) 624-6553, Melissa.Macaluso@maine.gov; or 877-243-2823, TTY 711 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.