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Maine offshore oil/gas exploration ban (PL 2019 ch.294)

Record

p09-ME-rec-02

State

ME

Category

requirements · statute_extract

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

ME-PL2019-CH294

Fields

ban text

the director may not permit, approve or otherwise authorize any oil or natural gas exploration, development or production in, on or under the submerged and intertidal land owned by the State.

citation

12 MRSA §1862, sub-§14

exploration def

the drilling of wells for the purpose of locating and determining the size and scope of those resources

Evidence

1. ban text: the director may not permit, approve or otherwise authorize any oil or natural gas exploration, development or production in, on or under the submerged and intertidal land owned by the State.
   https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_129th/chapters/PUBLIC294.asp · Sec.1 sub-14 operative sentence; notes Q-ban · source p09-ME-src-05 · visit p09-ME-visit-02
2. citation: 12 MRSA §1862, sub-§14
   https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_129th/chapters/PUBLIC294.asp · Sec.1 heading; notes Q-cite · source p09-ME-src-05 · visit p09-ME-visit-02
3. exploration def: the drilling of wells for the purpose of locating and determining the size and scope of those resources
   https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_129th/chapters/PUBLIC294.asp · 570-AA(2) Exploration; notes Q-expldef · source p09-ME-src-05 · visit p09-ME-visit-02

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-ME. Still missing: onshore oil gas program.