Maine LD735 repeals authorization for an offshore wind terminal on Sears Island and restricts land development on the island.
Maine LD735 repeals provisions allowing the Department of Environmental Protection to consider a permit for an offshore wind terminal on Sears Island. It also prohibits land development on the island without a certification from an indigenous lands protection committee. The committee must ensure no sacred indigenous sites are affected. The bill mandates the Governor, in collaboration with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, to protect a specific coastal sand dune system on the island.
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