Section 10. The department shall, by regulation, establish a procedure to be followed in obtaining recommendations from local officials or bodies, regional planning agencies, or others including any comments received by the water resources management official pursuant to section nine, for use by the department in making findings under section eleven; provided, however, that failure of any local official or body or regional planning agency to make timely recommendations in accordance with such procedures shall not bar the department from ruling on any application if it determines that it has an adequate basis for making the findings required by regulation.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 21g - Massachusetts Water Management Act
Section 3 - Planning and Management of Water Use and Conservation; Advisory Committee; Regulations
Section 4 - Withdrawal Volume Threshold
Section 5 - Registration Statements; Filing
Section 6 - Contents of Registration Statements
Section 7 - Issuance of Permits; Criteria and Standards
Section 8 - Permit Applications; Contents
Section 9 - Processing Permit Applications; Notice of Proposed Withdrawal
Section 11 - Issuance of Permits; Conditions; Findings
Section 12 - Adjudicatory Hearing; Judicial Review
Section 13 - Examination of Activities Involving Water Withdrawal
Section 15 - Water Emergency Declaration
Section 16 - State of Water Emergency; Eminent Domain; Authorization; Notice
Section 17 - State of Water Emergency; Orders
Section 18 - Registration and Permit Application Fee Schedules
Section 19 - Public Water System Rates; Propriety
Section 20 - Persons Engaged in Business of Digging or Drilling Wells; Certification; Reports