PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 23, 2021
Tux Turkel’s article (Oct. 17) examines the central question in a recently decided Superior Court case holding invalid the Bureau of Public Lands’ lease of public land to Central Maine Power. The article and accompanying map make clear that a slight increase of an existing use (within the 1,241-acre parcel) will not “substantially alter” these state-owned lands. Moreover, a lease does not “reduce” the quantum of state-owned land. The constitutional requirements of Maine law are not violated. ~ Orlando Delogu, Portland