§205A-42  Determination of the shoreline. (a)  The board of land and natural resources shall adopt rules pursuant tochapter 91 prescribing procedures for determining a shoreline and appeals ofshoreline determinations that are consistent with subsection (b); provided thatno determination of a shoreline shall be valid for a period longer than twelvemonths, except where the shoreline is fixed by artificial structures that havebeen approved by appropriate government agencies and for which engineering drawingsexist to locate the interface between the shoreline and the structure.

(b)  The chairperson of the board of land andnatural resources shall cause a public notice to be published in the periodicbulletin published by the office of environmental quality control.  Allcomments to the application for shoreline certification shall be submitted inwriting to the state land surveyor no later than fifteen calendar days from thedate of the public notice of the application.  Notice of application for certificationshall be identified by tax map key number, and where applicable, street addressand nearest town. [L 1986, c 258, pt of §1; gen ch 1993; am L 1995, c 102, §1]