An Act to Protect Lake Water Quality - stakeholder group materials

Contact: Don Witherill (207-287-7725). Materials will be added to this page as they become available.

Report

• Lake Camp Road Report -- An Evaluation of Ways to Reduce the Impact of Camp Roads, Driveways and Boat Launches, on Lake Water Quality
• PL 2007, ch. 593, An Act to Protect Lake Water Quality (effective 7/18/2008) included a reporting requirement that reads as follows.

Sec. 3. Report. By January 15, 2009, the Department of Environmental Protection shall submit to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters a report evaluating strategies to diminish the impact of private roads, driveways and boat ramps on lake water quality. The report must include guidance to municipalities on appropriate road standards for the protection of lake water quality, a sample model ordinance and, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, an analysis of the constitutional issues regarding the public purpose doctrine raised by permitting a municipality to adopt an ordinance that includes an assessment of an annual fee on property owners for construction or maintenance of a private road to prevent degradation of water quality.

Picture: Plume of eroded soil entering the water at a boat ramp.

Meeting Notes

• Lake Camp Road Stakeholder Meeting notes
  • 6/18/08
  • 7/16/08
  • 8/20/08
  • 9/18/08
  • 10/15/08
• Camp Road Funding Subcommittee Meeting notes
  • 8/7/2008

Other materials

• Camp Roads Phone Survey.
• DEP Responses to Public Written Comments and December 11 th Stakeholder Meeting Comments
• Draft Funding Ideas II (table). 8/20/08.
• Office of Attorney General memorandum. 10/17/2008.
• Research Report -- Private Roads Focus Groups. 8/2008.