Chapter 21G

Section 13. For the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter or any regulations adopted thereunder, the duly authorized agents and employees of the department may at all reasonable times enter and examine any property, facility, operation or activity involving the with…

Section 14. The department may issue such orders as are reasonably necessary to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The orders shall include, but shall not be limited to, orders modifying, suspending or revoking permits, well driller certifications under sec…

Section 15. Any city or town or any water company, public agency or authority of the commonwealth or its political subdivisions which is the operator of a public water system may petition the department for a declaration of a state of water emergency pursuant to this section. The…

Section 16. During a state of water emergency, declared under section fifteen, if the department has approved a plan designed to bring about an expeditious end to the emergency, a water company, public agency or authority of the commonwealth or its political subdivisions which is…

Section 17. During a state of water emergency declared under section fifteen, the department, to the extent not in conflict with applicable federal law or regulation but notwithstanding any general or special law, local law or contractual agreement to the contrary, shall be empow…

Section 18. The department shall, by regulation, establish reasonable registration and permit application fee schedules which shall be based upon, and not exceed, a reasonable portion of the estimated cost of processing, monitoring, administering and enforcing the registration st…

Section 19. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the authority of the department of telecommunications and energy to rule on the propriety of any rates charged by any public water system subject to its jurisdiction; provided, however, that in making such a ruling the department of…

Section 2. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Annual statement of withdrawal'', an annual statement of the volume of water a person is withdrawing pursuant to a registration statement…

Section 20. No person shall engage in the business of digging or drilling wells within the commonwealth unless he has filed a certification with the department. Each person intending to engage in said business shall certify annually with said department and upon payment of a fee …

Section 3. The department and commission shall cooperate in the planning, establishment and management of programs to assess the uses of water in the commonwealth and to plan for future water needs. The commission shall adopt principles, policies and guidelines necessary for the …

Section 4. The withdrawal volume threshold to be applied pursuant to sections five and seven shall be one hundred thousand gallons per day. The department may, by regulation, raise or lower the threshold volume established in this section upon a finding that such different thresh…

Section 5. Each person making an existing withdrawal in excess of the threshold volume shall file a registration statement in accordance with the regulations adopted by the department, on or before January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight; provided, however, that, if the …

Section 6. The regulations issued by the department shall specify the form and required contents of a registration statement and the terms under which an existing withdrawal may be continued by a person other than the original registrant. At a minimum, such regulations shall spec…

Section 7. The department shall, by regulation, specify, for each water source from which withdrawals are to be permitted, a date upon which its regulations establishing criteria, standards and procedures for issuing permits shall become effective. No person may, after the effect…

Section 8. The regulations adopted by the department shall specify the form and required contents of a permit application. At a minimum, such regulations shall specify that the application must contain:— (1) The need for the proposed withdrawal; (2) The reasons for the withdrawal…

Section 9. All applications for permits shall be submitted to the department in conformance with the rules and on the forms adopted under sections seven and eight for the processing of permit applications. A copy of the application shall be filed in the office of the water resour…