The Department of Marine Resources will hold a public hearing for the following aquaculture lease application:

Applicant Name and Lease Type: NICE Oyster Company, LLC, Standard Lease
Culture Type: Bottom Culture, Suspended culture
Species: Shellfish
General Location, Town: East of Woodward Point, New Meadow River, Brunswick
Acreage Requested: 4.49
Lease Term Requested: 10 years

Date: October 5, 2022
Time: 5:00 p.m
Location: Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St.
Town: Brunswick

Schedule of proceedings:

1. Registering to Participate

Anyone wishing to attend the hearing remotely or in-person is asked to register. Persons intending to ask questions of the parties or testify about the proposed lease (“Interested Persons”) must register with DMR to participate in this manner.

Interested persons must register no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 20, 2022. Failure to register may limit your ability to participate in the proceeding.  Persons who are unable to register online or need assistance with the form must contact DMR.

The hearing registration form can be accessed here.

2. Applying for Intervenor Status

Intervenor applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 20, 2022.

Intervenor applications must be requested from DMR at the contact information below. DMR will decide whether to grant intervenor applications five days before the hearing. If you apply for and are granted intervenor status, you become a legal party to the proceeding.

3. Hearing

The hearing will be held as follows:

October 5, 2022, 5:00pm

Curtis Memorial Library

23 Pleasant St. Brunswick, Maine 04011

The hearing will be held at the date and time listed above at the:

 Notice of a continuance will be posted to DMR’s website.

The hearing will be held in accordance with the adjudicatory proceeding provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedures Act (5 M.R.S.A., ch. 375, subchapter 4).  Any interested person may attend the hearing and registered participants may ask questions of the parties or testify about the effect of the proposed lease.

Address questions to:
Maine Department of Marine Resources
Attn:  Aquaculture Division
21 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0021
(207) 624-6573
[email protected]

For disability accommodations, contact Melissa Macaluso at: (207) 624-6553, [email protected]; or 877-243-2823, TTY 711