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Oct 8, 2022

ME Water Use Commission mtg: 2 Presentrations by UMaine Law School Prof Anthony Moffa on Maine water rights & water regulation

 On October 6, 2022 The Commission To Study the Role of Water as a Resource in the State of Maine met  in Room 127 of the Statehouse and livestreamed online.   Listen to the two presentations by Professor Anthony Moffa of the UMaine School of Law. The first on theWater Rights of Mainers; the second on the regulation of Maine Waters

Speakers

Introduction 2min42sec

Prof Tony Moffa UME Law  Presentation One Mainers' water rights 14min 30sec  

Q&A1 8min 40sec 1

Prof Moffa Presentation Two. Regulating Water 10min 48sec

Pro Moffa Q&A 2 11min12sec

AGENDA  10/6/22

12:00 p.m. Welcome and introductions 

12:05 p.m. Presentation on Maine water rights/ownership and other state approaches Anthony Moffa, Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law 

12:45 p.m. Presentation on state approaches to regulation of natural resource extraction Anthony Moffa, Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law 

1:30 p.m. Presentation on oversight/regulation of water resources by Department of Environmental Protection Marybeth Richardson, Acting Director, Bureau of Land Resources, Department of Evironmental Protection

 1:50 p.m. Presentation on oversight/regulation of water resources by Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Drinking Water Program Amy Lachance, Drinking Water Program Manager (DHHS/Maine CDC) 2:10 p.m. Break 2:20 p.m. Presentation on oversight/regulation of water resources by Maine Geological Survey (DACF) Ryan Gordon, Hydrogeologist, Maine Geological Survey (DACF) 2:40 p.m. Presentation on Water Resources Planning Committee Ryan Gordon, Hydrogeologist, Maine Geological Survey (DACF) 3:00 p.m. Presentation on climate change and water resources Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Cooperative Extension 3:20 p.m. Commission member discussion 3:50 p.m. Next steps 4:00 p.m. Adjourn 

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