12 §9205-A. Payment of costs in the unorganized territory
§9205-A. Payment of costs in the unorganized territory Responsibility for the control of forest fires in the unorganized territory lies with the State. The unorganized territory shall reimburse the State for the costs of controlling and extinguishing forest fires up to 1/4 of 1% of the state valuation of the unorganized territory. The State may […]
12 §9333. Disposal along railroads and utility lines
§9333. Disposal along railroads and utility lines 1. Stumpage owner. A stumpage owner, operator, landowner or agent who cuts or causes or permits to be cut any forest growth on lands that are within or border the right-of-way of a railroad, a pipeline or an electric power, telegraph, telephone or cable line may not place […]
12 §9206. Reports and payrolls
§9206. Reports and payrolls Town forest fire wardens and state forest rangers shall promptly prepare a report of their investigation of the cause, extent and damage on all forest fires in their charge. They shall prepare an exact and detailed statement of expenses incurred therein immediately after total extinguishment of the forest fire on forms […]
12 §9334. Removal of slash along land bordering on another
§9334. Removal of slash along land bordering on another A person who, as stumpage owner, operator, landowner or agent, cuts, causes or permits to be cut any forest growth on land that borders land of another outside the limits of the unorganized territory or within the unorganized territory that borders property outside shall dispose of […]
12 §9301. Hazard clearance
§9301. Hazard clearance Any municipal or private dump within the State established and maintained for the disposal of solid waste, as defined in Title 38, section 1303, which might facilitate either the origin or spread of forest fires shall be operated under the following preventive measures: A strip 10 feet wide cleared to mineral soil […]
12 §9335. Removal of slash by dwelling houses
§9335. Removal of slash by dwelling houses The director, by written notice to any stumpage owner, operator, landowner or agent cutting forest growth, may require the removal of slash within 100 feet of buildings and trailers currently used for human occupancy when, in the director’s judgment, that slash constitutes an unusual hazard endangering other property […]
12 §9302. Closing
§9302. Closing A municipal or private dump within the State not carrying out this subchapter shall be posted as “Closed to Dumping” by the town forest fire warden, or the director. Thereafter no person shall deposit refuse of any kind within, along the road leading to, or on land adjacent to such closed dump. […]
12 §9336. Manner of
§9336. Manner of All slash resulting from cutting of forest growth shall be removed the required distances under this Article and scattered or chipped and not piled in windrows within 30 days after cutting or within 30 days of notification to remove by the director, as provided. [PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).] SECTION […]
12 §9303. Deposits on other’s land forbidden
§9303. Deposits on other’s land forbidden A person may not deposit refuse of any kind on land not the person’s own without the consent of the owner or the public authority having custody or maintenance responsibility of that land. [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §67 (COR).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 545, §3 […]
12 §9304. Loss of state reimbursement
§9304. Loss of state reimbursement Any municipality in which a municipal dump has been posted “Closed to Dumping” as set forth in this subchapter, which continues to permit dumping therein, shall, during that period, lose the benefits of state reimbursement of forest fire suppression costs on fires which escape from such dump as provided by […]