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Our focus is primarily on good maintenance and
inspection of the dam so that an event triggering an
emergency event never happens.
Since we will have so many board members as well
as government officials in house that day I have also
asked State Dam Inspector Tony Fletcher to schedule
us for a dam inspection on the same day. As owners of
a dam classified by the state of Maine as a “Significant
Hazard” it is important that state officials take note as
often as possible the efforts of the Little Sebago Lake
Association to maintain the 120 year old dam to the
highest degree of integrity possible.
We will be installing the new catwalk above the
dam in early April which will finish the planned
repairs for 2015/2016. I will be putting before the
board a funding proposal to address both short and
long range dam maintenance issues at the March
board meeting.
A proposal before the
legislature
(LD 1566) “An Act Concerning the Establishment
of Water Levels” was presented to the LSLA board
by State Senator Cathy Breen. After reviewing the
bill we recommended to the board that the LSLA
oppose the bill on the basis that the DEP was
shifting responsibility for managing water level
disputes to a 3rd party mediation hearing. Failing
a satisfactory agreement the DEP could then move
the dispute to a adjudicatory hearing before a judge
and impose costs up to $20,000. Senator Breen
has notified us that the legislation failed to pass but
that continued rule making will ensue... Translation,
its all about state departments developing new
revenue streams. Thanks to Senator Breen for
keeping us up on this.
Hopkins Dam Report
(Cont.)
LSLA Dam Committee:
Bruce Micucci, Rod Bernier, Chris Micucci, Jim Theis, Jonathan Bernier