The Maine Department of Environmental Protection adopted amendments to Ch. 305, section 20, Permit by Rule for activities in existing developed areas located in, on, or over high or moderate value inland waterfowl and wading bird habitat or shorebird nesting, feeding, and staging areas. The amendments incorporate standards for activities consisting solely of cutting or removal of vegetation within shorebird roosting and feeding buffers and provide for an expansion of up to 10% of an existing development area within a shorebird feeding area, provide standards for certain cutting activity within inland waterfowl and wading bird habitat and for an expansion of up to 10% of an existing development area within inland waterfowl and wading bird habitat, and update definitions for §shorebird nesting, feeding, and staging areas,§ §shorebird feeding area,§ and §shorebird roosting area.§ http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/notices/2008/022708.htm.