The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is responsible for protecting and restoring Maine's natural resources and enforcing the state's environmental laws. The agency's charge is to preserve, improve and prevent diminution of the natural environment of the State. The Department is also directed to protect and enhance the public's right to use and enjoy the State's natural resources.
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Submissions from 2000
Performance Partnership Agreement Between Maine Department of Environmental Protection And EPA New England, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Submissions from 1999
Maine Department of Environmental Protection 2000 / 2001 Strategic Plan, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
The Use of Riparian Buffers to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution From Development, 1999, Don Witherill
Submissions from 1998
Meterological Monitoring Quality Assurance Plan, 1998, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Submissions from 1997
Division of Remediation 1996 Annual Report, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Submissions from 1996
Review and Discussion of Forestry BMPs, Janet Cormier
Submissions from 1995
Maine Biological Monitoring and Biocriteria Development Program, Susan P. Davies, Leonidas Tsomides, David L. Courtemanch, and Francis Drummond
Submissions from 1977
Comprehensive Study of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment at Long Cove, Searsport, Maine : Final Report to the Department of Environmental Protection, E.S. Gilfillan, S.A. Hanson, D.S. Page, D. Mayo, J. Cooley, J. Chalfant, T. Archambeault, A. West, and J.C. Harshbarger
Cumulative Impact of Incremental Development on the Maine Coast : A Working Paper Prepared for Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Committee on Coastal Development and Conservation, Land Use Consultants, Inc.