§174C-44 Ground water criteria for designation. In designating an area for water use regulation, the commission shall consider the following:
Notwithstanding an imminent designation of a ground water management area conditioned on a rise in the rate of ground water withdrawal to a level of ninety per cent of the area's sustainable yield, the commission, when such level reaches the eighty per cent level of the sustainable yield, may invite the participation of water users in the affected area to an informational hearing for the purposes of assessing the ground water situation and devising mitigative measures. [L 1987, c 45, pt of §2; am L 1999, c 197, §6]