This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to create the Southern Maine Coastal Waters Commission to oversee the Southern Maine Dredge Authority. Membership on the commission would be open to a representative from each coastal municipality from South Portland to Kittery and would include a representative of each of the following state agencies: the Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning, Division of Geology, Natural Areas and Coastal Resources, Maine Geological Survey within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.