Chapter 21A

Section 7. In the executive office shall be an office of the secretary, a department of environmental protection, a department of conservation and recreation, a department of agricultural resources, a department of fish and game, a department of public utilities, and a department…

Section 7B. The chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in consultation with the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs and department of geosciences shall appoint a professional geologist to be state geologist. The state geologist shall perform …

Section 8. The department of environmental protection shall include the bureau of environmental sanitation and all the powers and duties assigned to said bureau which relate to environmental health, air pollution control, noise regulation, community sanitation, water supply and w…

Section 8A. There shall be established within the executive office of environmental affairs the water resources commission hereinafter in this section and in sections eight B to eight F, inclusive, called the commission, which shall consist of the secretary of the executive offic…

Section 8B. The secretary shall be chairman of said commission. The responsibilities and duties of said commission shall include:— (a) development of a water resources management policy framework within which the water resource policies, plans and management programs of the sever…

Section 8C. The commission shall further be responsible for updating the Massachusetts water supply policy statement at intervals which shall not exceed five years. The commission shall incorporate any recommendations of municipalities and regional planning agencies as appropriat…

Section 8D. The commission may establish rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper administration of sections eight A to eight F, inclusive, and shall annually submit to the budget commissioner the estimates required by sections three and four of chapter twenty-nin…

Section 8E. The commission shall be staffed by a director appointed by the secretary, who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one nor the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty, and by such technical and clerical staff as the secretary, subject to app…

Section 8F. The commission shall meet at least once a month, on the second Monday, and may meet more often as the members may determine. The members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with their duties and the appointed members of the commission shall, subjec…

Section 9. The office may accept any gifts or grants of money or property, whether real or personal, from any source, public or private, including, but not limited to, the United States or its agencies, in order to assist it in discharging its duties. Grants and gifts of money sh…