06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 581, § 5
Current through 2024-44, October 30, 2024
All discharges of pollutants shall, at a minimum, provide far a zone of passage for free-swimming and drifting organisms. Such zone of passage shall not be less than 3/4 of the cross-sectional area at any point in the receiving body of water. Such zone of passage may be reduced whenever the applicant for a discharge can demonstrate that (a) because of physical phenomena in the receiving body of water such minimum zone cannot be maintained and (b) such minimum zone of passage is not necessary to protect organisms in the receiving body of water from substantial adverse effects.
06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 581, § 5