Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 21 - Department of Environmental Management

Section 2b - Removal of Members of Stewardship Council; Absence From Meetings; Appointment of Successor; Certificates of Absence - Section 2B. Members of the stewardship council may be removed...

Section 2c - Meetings of Council; Joint Meetings With Advisory Board - Section 2C. The stewardship council shall meet within the commonwealth...

Section 2d - Members of Council; Holding Other Positions in Department - Section 2D. No member of the stewardship council shall hold...

Section 2e - Compensation of Council Members; Expenses - Section 2E. Members of the stewardship council shall serve without...

Section 2f - Management Guidelines for Sustainable Forestry Practices on Public and Private Forest Lands - Section 2F. The director of state parks and recreation shall...

Section 2g - Oversight Strategy Plans - Section 2G. The stewardship council shall develop an oversight strategy...

Section 3 - Commissioner; Directors - Section 3. The commissioner of conservation and recreation shall be...

Section 3a - Acting Commissioner; Commissioner's Salary - Section 3A. The stewardship council may designate an acting commissioner...

Section 3b - Experts and Other Employees - Section 3B. The commissioner and the division directors may employ...

Section 3c - Annual Budget; Report - Section 3C. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the...

Section 3d - Acting Directors - Section 3D. The commissioner may designate acting directors during the...

Section 3e - Open Space Land Acquisition; Loans to Cities and Towns - Section 3E. The department shall administer a program of zero...

Section 3f - Rehabilitation and Improvement of Olmsted Parks - Section 3F. Subject to appropriation, the department shall administer a...

Section 3g - Olmsted Park Improvement Fund - Section 3G. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 8 - Division of Water Supply Protection - Section 8. The division of water supply protection, hereinafter called...

Section 8b - Definitions Applicable to This Section and Secs. 8c and 8d - Section 8B. The following words and phrases, as used in...

Section 8c - Increase in Interbasin Transfers of Surface and Groundwater; Approval; Exemption - Section 8C. Any increase over the present rate of interbasin...

Section 8d - Rules and Regulations; Criteria for Approval; Hearings; Procedure - Section 8D. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations defining...

Section 9 - Federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act; Programs - Section 9. The division shall be the agency of the...

Section 9a - Acquisition of Lands and Waters - Section 9A. The division may, subject to the approval of...

Section 9b - Groundwater Survey Program - Section 9B. The division shall be the administrator of the...

Section 11 - Employees; Rules and Regulations - Section 11. The division may employ such technical and clerical...

Section 12 - Federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act; Applications for Assistance - Section 12. Applications for assistance under the federal Watershed Protection...

Section 13 - Works of Improvement; Assistance From Commonwealth; Conditions - Section 13. The division shall require, as a condition to...

Section 14 - Works of Improvement; Contracting Authority; Agents; Costs - Section 14. At such time as the United States Secretary...

Section 15 - Works of Improvement; Appropriations; Federal, State or Local Funds - Section 15. At such time as the United States Secretary...

Section 17c - Public Use of Land for Recreational, Conservation, Scientific Educational and Other Purposes; Landowner's Liability Limited; Exception - Section 17C. (a) Any person having an interest in land...

Section 17d - Public Removal of Fuel Wood; Landowner's Liability for Injuries - Section 17D. An owner of land who permits the public...

Section 17g - Agreements With Nonprofit Organizations for Stewardship Services; Charge or Solicitation of Donations for Activity or Event on Department of Conservation and Recreation Property; Liability of Volunteer; Posting of Volunteer Guidelines o... - Section 17G. (a) For purposes of this section, the words...

Section 18 - Division of Conservation Services - Section 18. The division of conservation services within the office...

Section 19 - State Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water and Related Resources; Establishment - Section 19. There shall be in the division a commission...

Section 20 - State Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water and Related Resources; Powers and Duties. - Section 20. The state commission, unless otherwise specified, shall have...

Section 21 - Conservation Districts; Formation, Change of Boundaries or Dissolution of District; Procedure - Section 21. Whenever the state commission receives a petition signed...

Section 22 - Conservation Districts; Supervisors of Districts - Section 22. Within sixty days after the state commission has...

Section 23 - Conservation Districts; Supervisors as Governing Body - Section 23. The supervisors of a conservation district shall be...

Section 24 - Conservation Districts; Supervisors' Powers and Duties - Section 24. A conservation district and its supervisors shall, in...

Section 25 - Conservation Districts; Inter-District Cooperation - Section 25. The supervisors of any two or more districts...

Section 25a - Conservation Districts; Powers - Section 25A. Conservation district divisions established pursuant to section twenty...

Section 26 - Division of Water Pollution Control - Section 26. There shall be in the department of environmental...

Section 26a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 26 to 53 - Section 26A. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used in...

Section 27 - Division of Water Pollution Control; Powers and Duties - Section 27. It shall be the duty and responsibility of...

Section 27a - Water Pollution Abatement Projects; Certification; Financial Assistance; Eligibility - Section 27A. (a) The department of environmental protection shall cooperate...

Section 28 - Water Pollution Abatement Districts; Establishment; Dissolution; Enlargement or Consolidation - Section 28. (a) The division is hereby authorized, with the...

Section 29 - Status of District; District Commission; Membership; Executive Director; Treasurer; Personnel - Section 29. Each district shall be a body politic and...

Section 30 - Powers of District Commission - Section 30. A district commission: (i) may act by a...

Section 30a - Grants for Construction of Collection Systems - Section 30A. The division may make grants to public entities...

Section 31 - Development of Comprehensive Water Pollution Abatement, Integrated Water Asset Management or Green Infrastructure Opportunities Plans; Planning or Technical Assistance Grant - Section 31. A public entity, including regional planning agencies, may...

Section 31a - Matching Grant Program for Communities Who Desire to Join the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority or Other Regional System for Wastewater, Drinking Water or for Both Wastewater and Drinking Water - Section 31A. Subject to appropriation, the department of environmental protection...

Section 32 - Presentation of Plan to Division; Contents; Approval - Section 32. A district shall present a plan for abatement...

Section 33 - Financial Assistance - Section 33. The division may make a grant to a...

Section 33a - Financial Assistance in Towns of More Than 20,000 Inhabitants - Section 33A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-three, if a...

Section 33b - Engineering Reports of Plans for Facilities; Failure of Governmental Units to Submit as Ordered; Preparation by Director; Distribution of Costs - Section 33B. If any city, town or special district, or...

Section 33c - Action by Director Pursuant to Sec. 33b; Contract for Engineering Reports Authorized - Section 33C. When it is necessary for the director of...

Section 33d - Director Authorized to Order Governmental Units to Construct Facilities - Section 33D. In order to prevent or reduce discharges to...

Section 33e - Water Pollution Abatement Projects; Grants - Section 33E. The department of environmental protection may make a...

Section 34 - Supervision of Operation and Maintenance of Treatment Works - Section 34. The division shall supervise the operation and maintenance...

Section 34a - Board of Certification of Operators of Wastewater Treatment Facilities; Members; Duties - Section 34A. There shall be within the department of environmental...

Section 34b - Evaluation and Certification Program; Application; Certification; Fees - Section 34B. The board shall conduct a program of evaluating...

Section 34c - Certification Requirement; Violation; Penalty - Section 34C. No person shall manage, operate or maintain a...

Section 35 - General Obligation Serial Bonds or Notes; Temporary Notes; Indebtedness - Section 35. The district by vote of the commissioners is...

Section 36 - Amounts Necessary for Payment of Bonds and Notes and Maintenance of District; Determination; Apportionment of Costs; Schedule of Charges - Section 36. The district commission shall annually determine the amounts...

Section 37 - Reimbursement for Costs of Water Pollution Abatement Project - Section 37. The metropolitan district commission, or any city, town...

Section 37a - Program for Preservation and Restoration of Publicly-Owned Lakes and Great Ponds - Section 37A. The department of environmental management, in this section...

Section 37b - Aquatic Nuisance Control Program - Section 37B. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 37c - State Assistance to Municipalities or Agencies for Aquatic Nuisance Control - Section 37C. A municipality, or group of municipalities, or an...

Section 37d - Priority of Projects - Section 37D. The department shall make awards to priority projects...

Section 38 - Water Pollution Control, Innovative Water Technologies, Green Infrastructure Research and Demonstration Projects; Environmental Quality Studies; Management Plans; Training and Support Programs - Section 38. The director, from funds appropriated or provided by...

Section 38a - Clean Waters Scholarship Intern Program - Section 38A. There shall be in the division a clean...

Section 39 - Reservoirs - Section 39. The water resources commission may, from the proceeds...

Section 40 - Entry Upon Property; Investigation or Inspection; Examination of Records - Section 40. The director, his authorized representative, or personnel of...

Section 41 - Recommendations by Water Resources Commission - Section 41. The water resources commission shall from time to...

Section 42 - Discharge Into Water; Violations of Chapter, Regulation, Order or Permit; False Representations; Tampering With Monitoring Device or Method; Criminal and Civil Penalties - Section 42. Any person who, directly or indirectly, throws, drains,...

Section 43 - Permit Proceedings; Regulations; Requirements of Permit; Application; Forms; Fees - Section 43. (1) For purposes of this section, ''permit proceeding''...

Section 43a - Public Notification of Sewage Discharge - [Text of section added by 2020, 322, Sec. 1 effective...

Section 44 - Discharge Violations; Orders to Comply - Section 44. (1) Whenever it appears to the director that...

Section 45 - Proposals to Suspend or Revoke Permit; Cease and Desist Orders; Request for Hearing - Section 45. Any proposal to suspend or revoke a permit,...

Section 46 - Injunctive Relief; Jurisdiction - Section 46. The attorney general may, upon request of the...

Section 46a - Judicial Review; Jurisdiction - Section 46A. Any person aggrieved by an order, permit determination...

Section 48 - Annual Estimates and Reports - Section 48. The director shall annually submit to the budget...

Section 50 - Terminals; Licenses; Inspections - Section 50. The division shall have the power to license...

Section 50a - Oil Terminals; Pollution Prevention; Revocation of License - Section 50A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty, every owner...

Section 50b - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 50c to 50e - Section 50B. As used in sections 50C to 50E, inclusive,...

Section 50c - Vessel; Certificate of Financial Assurance - Section 50C. (a) Any vessel, whether or not self-propelled, in...

Section 50d - Maritime Spill Incident; Hazardous Materials; Environmental Police Officers - Section 50D. For the purpose of investigating a maritime spill...

Section 50e - Waters of the Commonwealth; Areas of Special Interest - Section 50E. The secretary of environmental affairs or his designee...

Section 51 - Coordination With Federal Government and Local Authorities; Agreements - Section 51. The division shall represent the commonwealth in its...

Section 52a - Waste Oil Retention Facilities; Installation and Maintenance - Section 52A. Every automobile service station, marina serving powered watercraft...

Section 53 - Short Title; Investigation and Prosecution of Violations - Section 53. Sections twenty-six to fifty-three, inclusive, shall be known...

Section 53a - Sewer Charges; Base Rate - Section 53A. All municipalities or sewer districts within the jurisdiction...

Section 54 - Division of Mineral Resources - Section 54. The division of mineral resources shall be within...

Section 55 - Cooperation With Other Governmental Units; Agreements; Federal and Private Grants - Section 55. Said director with the approval of the department...

Section 56 - License and Lease Requirements; Violations; Penalties; Enforcement - Section 56. No person shall explore by seismic, electronic or...

Section 59 - Watershed Preservation Restrictions Program - Section 59. (a) The secretary of environmental affairs shall establish...

Section 60 - Watershed Lands Preservation Committee - Section 60. There is hereby created a watershed lands preservation...

Section 61 - Watershed Preservation Restrictions Program; Annual Report - Section 61. The commissioner of conservation and recreation shall prepare...

Section 62 - Watershed Preservation Restrictions; Tax Assessment - Section 62. Land under watershed preservation restriction, while remaining under...

Section 63 - Surveys, Soundings, Drillings or Examinations - Section 63. Whenever the department deems it necessary to make...

Section 64 - Annual Report on Dams - Section 64. The commissioner of conservation and recreation, in conjunction...

Section 65 - Emergency Action Plans for High and Significant Hazard Dams; Inspection Schedule; Review of Hazard Classification - Section 65. (a) As used in this section and section...

Section 66 - Interagency Support for Duties Under Secs. 64 and 65 and Secs. 44 to 48b of Chapter 253 - Section 66. The department may consult with and receive inspection...

Section 67 - System Interruption Devices Required for Newly Installed or Renovated Irrigation Systems to Override and Suspend Programmed Operation of Irrigation System During Periods of Sufficient Moisture; Regulations; Inapplicable to Systems Operat... - Section 67. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''irrigation...

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Massachusetts General Laws Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth Chapter 21 - Department of Environmental Management

Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 21 - Department of Environmental Management