BANGOR (AP) – Maine state regulators have formally presented proposed changes and now Plum Creek has until Oct. 14 to tell the Land Use Regulation Commission whether the proposed revisions are acceptable.

The two most contentious aspects of the Plum Creek plan – the total number of house lots and development on Lily Bay – would remain in the proposal.

LURC approval would also set the permanent conservation of more than 400,000 acres of forest land in the Moosehead Lake region.

A formal vote on the plan is not expected until early next year. LURC approval of a rezoning plan would allow 975 house lots and two large resorts near Maine’s largest lake.

“We’re pleased to be at this juncture,” Luke Muzzy, Plum Creek’s project manager, said after LURC unanimously endorsed a list of changes. “It’s been a long three years and we are really pleased to be at a point where you can see the finish line.”

Some audience members at Wednesday’s LURC meeting in Bangor accused the commission of ignoring public opposition to the plan, in particular, the proposal for a resort and subdivisions at Lily Bay.

“My view is everybody had an impact on where we are today even if we didn’t get to the position where you would want us to be,” commission Chairman Bart Harvey told the audience.

Jym St. Pierre with RESTORE: The North Woods criticized the commission for taking it upon itself to craft amendments.

The agency held four public hearings, reviewed thousands of comments and spent hundreds of hours reviewing the proposal in public meetings.

John Simko, the town manager of Greenville, praised the commission for inviting so much public participation on the process.

“I think most people in town feel that the plan is predominantly a good plan for the region,” Simko said.