The commissioner may delegate review authority to determine whether an activity that requires a permit because it is located within a community public water system primary protection area meets the standards in section 480‑D, subsections 2 and 5 if the activity does not in whole or in part otherwise require a permit pursuant to section 480‑C. The commissioner may delegate this review authority to the drinking water program of the Department of Health and Human Services or to a community public water system that demonstrates adequate technical capacity to perform the review. If review authority is delegated, the department shall issue or deny the permit and retains enforcement authority.

PL 2007, c. 353, §11 (NEW).