LD 1775 creates a new designation of “sustenance fishing” under Maine’s water quality classification system. With this designation, the state will upgrade water quality criteria in waterbodies delineated in statute as providing important sources of fish for Maine’s tribes. The new legal designation will enable safe consumption of up to 50 ounces per person per week of fish taken from the designated waterbodies, a significant improvement over the current 8 ounces per week standard. This law was the product of an agreement between the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Department of Environmental Protection will adopt the new water quality criteria by March of 2020.

Status: Enacted

Sponsor: Sara Gideon

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2019	Roll Call	166	4	0	12	183	1
Votes	Show Kent Ackley Yea Robert W. Alley, Sr. Yea John Andrews Yea Amy B. Arata Yea Susan M. W. Austin Yea Betty A. Austin Yea Christopher W. Babbidge Yea Shawn A. Babine Yea Donna Bailey Yea Pinny Beebe-Center Yea Shenna L Bellows Yea Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Yea Russell J. Black Yea Mark John Blier Yea Lydia Blume Yea Richard T. Bradstreet Yea Catherine Breen Yea Michael F. Brennan Yea Heidi E. Brooks Excused Mark E. Bryant Yea Christopher James Caiazzo Yea Richard H. Campbell Yea Barbara A. Cardone Yea Anne M. Carney Yea Michael E Carpenter Yea Brownie Carson Yea Richard M. Cebra Yea Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Ned Claxton Yea Kristen Sarah Cloutier Yea Benjamin T. Collings Yea Janice E. Cooper Yea Patrick W. Corey Yea Danny E. Costain Yea Margaret M. Craven Yea W. Edward Crockett Yea Scott W. Cuddy Yea Philip A. Curtis Nay Scott W. Cyrway Yea Matthea Larsen Daughtry Absent Paul T. Davis Yea Diane M. Denk Yea Susan A. Deschambault Yea John DeVeau Absent Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Kathleen R. J. Dillingham Yea Janice S. Dodge Yea Josanne C. Dolloff Absent Donna R. Doore Yea Victoria W. Doudera Absent Dana L. Dow Yea Gary A. Drinkwater Yea Michelle Ann Dunphy Yea Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Bradlee Thomas Farrin Yea Billy Bob Faulkingham Yea Jessica L. Fay Yea Ryan M. Fecteau Yea Justin Fecteau Absent Robert A. Foley Yea Victoria Foley Yea Steven D. Foster Yea Drew Gattine Yea Sara Gideon Yea Lori K. Gramlich Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Abigail W. Griffin Yea Chad Wayne Grignon Absent Nicole Grohoski Yea Stacey K. Guerin Yea David G. Haggan Yea Randall C. Hall Yea James M. Hamper Yea James R. Handy Yea Sheldon Mark Hanington Yea Jeffery P. Hanley Yea Thom Harnett Yea Matthew A. Harrington Yea Frances M. Head Yea Allison Hepler Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Norman E. Higgins Yea Daniel J. Hobbs Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Sherman H. Hutchins Yea Patricia Hymanson Yea Henry L. Ingwersen Yea Troy Dale Jackson Yea Kathy Irene Javner Yea Chris A. Johansen Yea Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Lisa Keim Yea Dennis L. Keschl Yea Christopher J. Kessler Yea MaryAnne Kinney Yea Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Theodore Joseph Kryzak Jr. Yea H. Scott Landry Jr. Yea Mark W. Lawrence Yea Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Nay Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Yea Colleen M. Madigan Yea Donald G. Marean Yea John L. Martin Yea Thomas H. Martin Yea Roland Danny Martin Yea Richard G. Mason Yea Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Ann H. Matlack Yea David Harold McCrea Yea Joyce McCreight Yea Genevieve McDonald Yea Andrew J. McLean Absent Gina M. Melaragno Yea Michele Meyer Yea H. Sawin Millett Jr. Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea David R. Miramant Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Marianne Moore Yea Victoria E. Morales Yea Joshua Morris Yea Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Beth A. O’Connor Yea Margaret M. O’Neil Yea Lester S. Ordway Yea Sean C. Paulhus Yea Sarah Pebworth Absent Ann E. Peoples Yea Michael D. Perkins Yea Anne C. Perry Yea Joseph C. Perry Sr. Yea Richard A. Pickett Yea Teresa S. Pierce Yea William D. Pluecker Yea Matthew G. Pouliot Yea Dwayne W. Prescott Yea Lois Galgay Reckitt Yea Roger E. Reed Nay Christina Riley Yea Walter N. Riseman Yea Tiffany Roberts Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Yea Shelley Rudnicki Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Heidi H. Sampson Yea Heather B. Sanborn Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea John C. Schneck Yea Braden Sharpe Yea Bettyann W. Sheats Yea Thomas H. Skolfield Yea Stephen S. Stanley Yea Paul A. Stearns Yea Joel R. Stetkis Absent Harold L. Stewart III Yea Holly B. Stover Absent Scott Walter Strom Yea Gregory Lewis Swallow Yea Michael A. Sylvester Yea Rachel Talbot Ross Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Maureen Fitzgerald Terry Yea Timothy S. Theriault Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Yea Ryan D. Tipping Yea Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Yea Arthur C. Verow Absent Eloise A. Vitelli Yea Nathan J. Wadsworth Absent Charlotte Warren Yea Dustin Michael White Yea Bruce A. White Yea David Woodsome Yea Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr. Yea