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• Materials related to the General Permit for Post Construction Discharge of Stormwater in the Long Creek Watershed, effective date 10/29/2009.
• Materials related to the General Permit for Antifouling Paint Contaminated Wash Water, effective date 10/14/2009.
• Natural Resources Protection Act: In Lieu Fee Compensation Program and Maine Natural Resource Conservation Progarm (ILFP and MNRCP). New web pages.
• Recommended Periods for Vernal Pool Egg Mass Survey by Geographic Region. This is located on the Significant Vernal Pool Habitat page.
• Tidal Energy Demonstration Project (Form Hydro.GP).  This form is used to request a general permit under the Maine Waterway Development and Conservation Act and Water Quality Certification for the proposed FERC pilot project licensing of the construction and operation of a tidal energy demonstration project. This new form is available on the Hydropower--State Process Page under "forms".
• Regulation of Hydropower in Maine -- A Guide to the Maine Rivers Policy and Maine Waterway Development and Conservation Act  (updated June 2009)
• Penjajawoc Stream a Summary of Water Quality Data from the 2008 Field Season -- A Progress Report for the Maine Stream Team Program (4/21/2009)
• A Water Quality Review of the Saint Georges River Based on Volunteer Monitoring During the 2002-2006 Field Seasons (4/17/2009)
• AQUA INDEX: Risk Assessment of Land Use on High Yield Sand and Gravel Aquifers in Maine.
• Stream Survey Guidance for NPS Projects (February 2009)
• Sheepscot River Turbidity Study, Report on the 2008 Field Season (4/14/2009)
• Nonpoint Source Management Program Annual Report (April, 2009)
• Updated: Status of Tidal Power Project Proposals in Maine. April 1, 2009
• Annual Customer Service Survey Results for 2008 (Division of Water Quality Management)
• Updated fact sheet -- Vernal Pools: A Significant Wildlife Habitat (4/2009)
• Combined Sewer Overflow 2008 Status Report
• 2008 information added to webpage "Reports on Algal Blooms"
• The Buffer Handbook Plant List (updated in 2009)
• Site Law: proposed statutory and regulatory changes
• Residual delegation - Long Creek
• Union River Estuary Modeling Report (pdf file)
• New web page: Selected Developments (Site Law) - application materials
• 2008 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report
• Appealing a Commissioner's Licensing Decision -- Expedited Wind Energy Developments (information sheet)