BANGOR (AP) – The Land Use Regulation Commission wants more details from Plum Creek Timber Co. on its proposed development in the Moosehead Lake region. The agency also requested an additional $141,395 to help pay for the review.

Agency officials asked for additional information on the proposed resorts, utilities, affordable housing and other aspects of the massive development, the largest subdivision ever planned for Maine.

In a June 29 letter, LURC staff listed deficiencies in Plum Creek’s application to rezone land around Moosehead Lake. The proposal calls for nearly 1,000 house lots and two resorts over 10,000 acres in an area that serves as the gateway to Maine’s North Woods.

Plum Creek must correct the deficiencies before LURC staff will officially begin the public review process, said LURC Director Catherine Carroll. The review is expected to last well into next year.

“I’m counting on Plum Creek to get this application to me by the end of this month so that we can speed up our review,” Carroll said.

Plum Creek is petitioning LURC for approval of a 30-year plan that includes developing 480 shorefront lots and 495 backwoods lots, two resorts and an industrial park. As part of the proposal, the company says it will donate or sell conservation easements totaling more than 400,000 acres.

Most of LURC’s requests are for more specific information than Plum Creek provided in its application, which is more than 1,000 pages.

The requests include a comprehensive description of the types of development that will be allowed inside the resort areas; an inventory of existing telephone and utility lines in the plan area, as well as new lines and roads that will be needed; and details on affordable housing included in the plans.

The agency is also seeking details of several land conservation agreements in which Plum Creek would sell land or conservation easements to several nonprofit groups.

Jim Lehner, general manager of Plum Creek’s Northeast region, said the company is working to meet the deadlines LURC set for each item.

The company fully expected to receive a deficiency letter given the size of the project, and none of the requests appears onerous, he said. Deficiency letters are not unusual in large applications.

LURC also has sent Plum Creek a $141,395 “processing fee” bill to cover part of the administrative costs associated with the application, including for public hearings that have yet to be scheduled, publication of notices, travel expenses and legal counsel. LURC has also hired two outside contractors to provide consulting on the application.

Plum Creek already has paid LURC more than $128,000 in processing fees for an earlier version of its application.