Chapter 21 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
- Section 21:1 - Department of conservation and recreation; "natural resources" defined; duties; divisions and bureau
- Section 21:2 - Stewardship council
- Section 21:2A - Members of council
- Section 21:2B - Removal of council members; absence from meetings; appointment of successor; certificates of absence
- Section 21:2C - Meetings
- Section 21:2D - Members of council; holding other positions in department
- Section 21:2E - Compensation of council members; expenses
- Section 21:2F - Management plans for state reservations, parks and forests
- Section 21:2G - Oversight strategy plans
- Section 21:3 - Commissioner; directors
- Section 21:3A - Acting commissioner; commissioner's salary
- Section 21:3B - Experts and other employees
- Section 21:3C - Annual budget; report
- Section 21:3D - Acting directors
- Section 21:3E - Open space land acquisition; loans to cities and towns
- Section 21:3F - Rehabilitation and improvement of Olmsted Parks
- Section 21:3G - Olmsted Park Improvement Fund
- Section 21:4 to 21:4B - [Repealed]
- Section 21:4C - [Repealed]
- Section 21:4D to 21:4F 1/2 - [Repealed]
- Section 21:4G - [Repealed]
- Section 21:6G - [Repealed]
- Section 21:6I - [Repealed]
- Section 21:7 - [Repealed]
- Section 21:7A - [Repealed]
- Section 21:7B to 21:7I - [Repealed]
- Section 21:8 - Division of water supply protection
- Section 21:8B - Definitions applicable to secs. 8B to 8D
- Section 21:8C - Increase in interbasin transfers of surface and groundwater; approval; exemption
- Section 21:8D - Rules and regulations; criteria for approval; hearings; procedure
- Section 21:9 - Powers and duties of division
- Section 21:9A - Acquisition of lands and waters
- Section 21:9B - Groundwater survey program
- Section 21:11 - Employees; rules and regulations; annual budget; report
- Section 21:12 - Federal watershed protection and flood prevention act; applications for assistance
- Section 21:13 - Works of improvement; assistance from commonwealth; conditions
- Section 21:14 - Works of improvement; contracting authority; agents; costs
- Section 21:15 - Works of improvement; appropriations; federal, state or local funds
- Section 21:16 - [Repealed]
- Section 21:17A, 21:17B - [Repealed]
- Section 21:17C - Public use of land for recreational, conservation, scientific educational and other purposes; landowner's liability limited; exception
- Section 21:17D - Public removal of fuel wood; landowner's liability for injuries
- Section 21:17F - [Repealed]
- Section 21:17G - Volunteer and nonprofit activities at state parks
- Section 21:18 - Division of conservation services; director; powers and duties of division; experts; clerks and employees; executive secretary
- Section 21:19 - State commission for conservation of soil, water and related resources; establishment
- Section 21:20 - Powers and duties of state commission
- Section 21:21 - Formation, change of boundaries or dissolution of district; procedure
- Section 21:22 - Supervisors of districts; appointment; terms; election of successors; vacancies; compensation and expenses
- Section 21:23 - Governing body of districts; advisors
- Section 21:24 - Conservation districts; powers and duties of supervisors
- Section 21:25 - Inter-District Cooperation
- Section 21:25A - Powers of conservation district divisions
- Section 21:26 - Division of water pollution control; establishment; director
- Section 21:26A - Definitions applicable to secs. 26 to 53
- Section 21:27 - Division of water pollution control; powers and duties
- Section 21:27A - Water pollution abatement projects; financial assistance; eligibility
- Section 21:28 - Water pollution abatement districts; establishment; dissolution; enlargement or consolidation
- Section 21:29 - Status of district; district commission; membership; executive director; treasurer; personnel
- Section 21:30 - Powers of district commission
- Section 21:30A - Grants for construction of collection systems
- Section 21:31 - Development of comprehensive water pollution abatement, integrated water asset management or green infrastructure opportunities plans; planning or technical assistance grant
- Section 21:31A - Matching grant program for communities desiring to join Massachusetts Water Resources Authority or other similar regional system
- Section 21:32 - Presentation of plan to division; contents; approval
- Section 21:33 - Financial assistance
- Section 21:33A - Financial assistance in towns of more than 20,000 inhabitants
- Section 21:33B - Engineering reports of plans for facilities; failure of governmental units to submit as ordered; preparation by director; distribution of costs
- Section 21:33C - Action by director pursuant to sec. 33B; contract for engineering reports authorized
- Section 21:33D - Director authorized to order governmental units to construct facilities
- Section 21:33E - Grants for costs of planning, design or construction of water pollution abatement projects eligible for financial assistance
- Section 21:34 - Supervision of operation and maintenance of treatment works
- Section 21:34A - Board of certification of operators of wastewater treatment facilities; members; duties
- Section 21:34B - Evaluation and certification program; application; certification; fees
- Section 21:34C - Certification requirement; violation; penalty
- Section 21:35 - General obligation serial bonds or notes; temporary notes; indebtedness
- Section 21:36 - Amounts necessary for payment of bonds and notes and maintenance of district; determination; apportionment of costs; schedule of charges
- Section 21:37 - Reimbursement for costs of water pollution abatement project
- Section 21:37A - Program for preservation and restoration of publicly-owned lakes and great ponds
- Section 21:37B - Aquatic nuisance control program
- Section 21:37C - State assistance to municipalities or agencies for aquatic nuisance control
- Section 21:37D - Priority of projects
- Section 21:38 - Water pollution control, innovative water technologies, green infrastructure research and demonstration projects; environmental quality studies; management plans; training and support programs
- Section 21:38A - Clean waters scholarship intern program
- Section 21:39 - Reservoirs
- Section 21:40 - Entry upon property; investigation or inspection; examination of records
- Section 21:41 - Recommendations by water resources commission
- Section 21:42 - Discharge into water; violations of chapter, regulation, order or permit; false representations; tampering with monitoring device or method; criminal and civil penalties
- Section 21:43 - Permit proceedings and determinations; regulations; requirements of permit; application; forms; fees
- Section 21:43A - Outfall; public advisory; website to post public advisories
- Section 21:44 - Discharges without or in violation of permit; other violations; orders
- Section 21:45 - Proposals to suspend or revoke permit; cease and desist orders; right to and request for hearing
- Section 21:46 - Injunctive relief; findings of director; powers and duties of attorney general; jurisdiction
- Section 21:46A - Judicial review; jurisdiction
- Section 21:48 - Annual estimates and reports
- Section 21:50 - Terminals; licenses; inspection
- Section 21:50A - Oil terminals; pollution prevention; revocation of license
- Section 21:50B - Definitions
- Section 21:50C - Vessels transporting, discharging or receiving cargo of oil, hazardous material, or hazardous waste; financial assurance
- Section 21:50D - Inspection
- Section 21:50E - Areas of special interest
- Section 21:51 - Coordination with federal government and local authorities; agreements
- Section 21:52A - Waste oil retention facilities; installation and maintenance
- Section 21:53 - Massachusetts clean waters act; short title; investigation and prosecution of violations
- Section 21:53A - Sewer charges; base rate
- Section 21:54 - Division of mineral resources; duties; licenses; leases
- Section 21:55 - Cooperation with other governmental units; agreements; federal and private grants
- Section 21:56 - License and lease requirements; violations; penalties; enforcement
- Section 21:59 - Watershed preservation restrictions program
- Section 21:60 - Watershed lands preservation committee
- Section 21:61 - Watershed preservation restrictions program; annual report
- Section 21:62 - Watershed preservation restrictions; tax assessment
- Section 21:63 - Surveys, soundings, drillings or examinations
- Section 21:64 - Report on dams to joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture and to senate and house committees on ways and means
- Section 21:65 - High hazard dams; emergency action plans; inspections; hazard classifications
- Section 21:66 - Inspection and other support from other departments and agencies
- Section 21:67 - Regulations to require system interruption devices for newly installed or renovated irrigation systems; inapplicability to systems operating on agriculatural land