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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1125

  • Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, the site on which it is located and appurtenant rights of flowage and access, that impounds or diverts water, and that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111
  • Emergency: means breaches and all conditions leading to or causing a breach, overtopping or any other condition in a dam and its appurtenant structures that may be construed as unsafe or threatening to life and property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust, municipality, quasi-municipal corporation, state department, federal department or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111
  • This chapter may not be construed as relieving a person of duties, responsibilities or liabilities imposed by any other law, regulation, municipal ordinance or rule of law, including, but not limited to, the need to obtain permits or other approvals required to authorize repairs or other remedial measures at a dam and the need to comply with the terms and conditions of any outstanding water level or dam release order, except in an emergency situation as defined by this chapter. [PL 2001, c. 460, §3 (NEW).]
    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 2001, c. 460, §3 (NEW).