Massachusetts Statutes

Section 50D. For the purpose of investigating a maritime spill incident resulting in, or reasonably likely to result in, either directly or indirectly, a discharge of oil, hazardous material, or hazardous waste, to the waters of the commonwealth, the environmental police officers…

Section 50E. The secretary of environmental affairs or his designee shall identify specific ''areas of special interest'' within the waters of the commonwealth as defined in section 50B to include or exclude areas based on scientific research and observation regarding areas of cr…

Section 51. The division shall represent the commonwealth in its relations with the federal government and with cities, towns and authorities in all matters relating to oil pollution in the waters of the commonwealth or off-shore waters. It may enter into agreements with said age…

Section 52A. Every automobile service station, marina serving powered watercraft and retail outlet selling automobile lubricating oil shall, no later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventy-four, install on the premises and maintain waste oil retention facilities, prope…

Section 53. Sections twenty-six to fifty-three, inclusive, shall be known and referred to as the Massachusetts Clean Waters Act and the officers of the division of law enforcement shall, upon request of the water resources commission or the division of water pollution control, in…

Section 53A. All municipalities or sewer districts within the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, but not including communities serviced by the Connecticut Valley Aqueduct shall institute sewer charges and fees that incorporate a base rate for all users; …

Section 54. The division of mineral resources shall be within the department of environmental protection in this section and in section fifty-five called the department and shall be under the administrative supervision of a director who shall administer the laws, rules and regula…

Section 55. Said director with the approval of the department shall cooperate with all departments, boards, officials and institutions of the commonwealth and its political subdivisions that may in any way be concerned with matters under its supervision; cooperate and consult wit…

Section 56. No person shall explore by seismic, electronic or any other method for mineral resources on or in said coastal waters or lands thereunder without a license from said director. No person shall, except for purposes of exploration permitted under a license, extract miner…

Section 59. (a) The secretary of environmental affairs shall establish a program to assist the commonwealth in the acquisition of watershed preservation restrictions, as defined in section 31 of chapter 184, for land classified as watershed land as defined in regulations to be pr…

Section 60. There is hereby created a watershed lands preservation committee in the department of conservation and recreation, the members of which shall be the commissioner of conservation and recreation, the secretary of environmental affairs, the director of the Massachusetts …

Section 61. The commissioner of conservation and recreation shall prepare an annual report on the watershed preservation restriction program. The report shall include the number and geographic distribution of applicants accepted and rejected, the acreage and cost of purchase and …

Section 62. Land under watershed preservation restriction, while remaining under such restriction, shall be assessed for general tax purposes, to reflect the diminution of land value which may be caused by such watershed preservation restriction.

Section 63. Whenever the department deems it necessary to make surveys, soundings, drillings or examinations to obtain information for or to expedite the construction of its watershed system, parks, recreational facilities or other projects under its jurisdiction, the department,…

Section 64. The commissioner of conservation and recreation, in conjunction with the commissioner of fish and game, the division of fisheries and wildlife, and the riverways program, or any successor agencies, shall annually, on or before June 30, submit a detailed report on all …

Section 65. (a) As used in this section and section 66, the following words shall, unless the context clearly require otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''High hazard dam'', a dam located where structural failure will likely cause loss of life and serious damage to homes, i…

Section 66. The department may consult with and receive inspection and other support from the department of fish and game, the division of fisheries and wildlife and the riverways program, or any successor agencies, to accomplish its duties pursuant to sections 64 and 65 of this …

Section 67. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''irrigation system'' shall mean any assemblage of components, materials or special equipment, which are constructed and installed underground or on the surface, for controlled dispersion of water from any safe and suitable source…

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Section 8. The division of water supply protection, hereinafter called the division, shall be under the supervision and control of the commissioner of department of conservation and recreation.

Section 8B. The following words and phrases, as used in this section and sections eight C and eight D, shall have the following meanings:— ''Commission'', the water resources commission. ''Interbasin transfer'', any transfer of the surface and groundwaters, including wastewater, …

Section 8C. Any increase over the present rate of interbasin transfers of the surface or groundwater of the river basin shall require the approval of the commission, notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary to increase a present interbasin transfer in addition to…

Section 8D. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations defining and delineating the river basins of the commonwealth, and establish application procedures and criteria upon which the commission shall base its approval or disapproval of any proposed interbasin transfer …

Section 9. The division shall be the agency of the commonwealth having administrative responsibility, according to criteria established by the commission, over programs provided for by the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 16 USC 1001 et seq. and shall carry out, main…

Section 9A. The division may, subject to the approval of the water resources commission and after proper consideration of the criteria established by the water resources commission, acquire by purchase, gift, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise lands and waters and easements ther…

Section 9B. The division shall be the administrator of the state's contribution to the cooperative survey program of the United States Geological Survey, hereinafter referred to as the USGS, for detailed groundwater assessments and related hydrological studies. Said division, wit…

Section 1. There shall be an executive office of energy and environmental affairs, hereinafter called the office, which shall be under the supervision of a secretary of energy and environmental affairs, hereinafter called the secretary. Said secretary shall be appointed by the go…

Section 10A. The office of law enforcement shall be in the executive office of environmental affairs and shall be under the administrative supervision of a director who shall be called the director of law enforcement. The director shall be qualified by training, experience and ex…

Section 10B. It shall be the duty of the office of law enforcement to enforce all penal laws which it is the duty of any agency within the executive office of environmental affairs to enforce, the General Laws or any special laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Nothing in this s…

Section 10C. The director, deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enforcement and all deputy chiefs of enforcement, law enforcement coordinators, and the wardens, as defined in section 1 of chapter 131, and all environmental police officers and deputy environmental police off…

Section 10D. Each deputy director of enforcement, chief of enforcement, deputy chief of enforcement, warden, environmental police officer or deputy environmental police officer, when on duty and in uniform shall wear on his outer clothing or otherwise display a metallic badge bea…

Section 10E. The secretary, director, deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enforcement, deputy chiefs of enforcement, environmental police officers and deputy environmental police officers, may in the performance of their duties enter upon and pass through or over private p…

Section 10F. Notwithstanding chapter 149 or of any other general or special law to the contrary, the director, with the approval of the secretary, shall make rules and regulations governing the tours of duty and hours of work for the deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enf…

Section 10G. If the director, his assistant or any environmental police officer, deputy environmental police officer, members of the state police, local police, local town law enforcement officials in shellfish beds over which they have jurisdiction, or harbormasters acting pursu…

Section 10H. (a) For the purposes of this section, "person'' shall mean a natural person, corporation, association, partnership or other legal entity or other legal agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth. (b) A person notified to appear before the clerk of a district…

Section 10I. There shall be a surcharge of 20 per cent on a fine assessed against a person convicted of or found responsible for a violation under this chapter or a violation of a special regulation made under this chapter if the complaining officer was an environmental police of…

Section 10J. (a) Whenever an environmental police officer of the office of law enforcement is incapacitated and unable to perform the duties of such an officer because of injuries sustained in the performance of the environmental police officer's duties, without the fault of the …

Section 11. There shall be within the office of law enforcement a boating safety advisory board. The board shall consist of 5 members to be appointed by the governor, 2 of whom shall be representatives of the boating public, each of whom shall hold a certificate of number issued …

Section 11A. There is hereby established within the office of planning and programming a bicycle and pedestrian advisory board. The board shall oversee the state's bicycle and pedestrian activities and advise the bicycle and pedestrian program office. The board shall consist of t…

Section 11B. There shall be in the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement a board to be known as the public access board composed of the director of the division of fisheries and wildlife, the director of the office of law enforcement, the director of…

Section 11C. The commissioner, with the approval of the stewardship council, may from time to time, for the purpose of promoting the public safety, health and welfare, and protecting public and private property, wildlife, fresh water fisheries, and irreplaceable wild, scenic and …

Section 12. At least sixty days prior to the proposed promulgation by the secretary, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection or the commissioner of food and agriculture of any rule or regulation which substantially affects the public health, the secretary s…

Section 13. The commissioner of the department of environmental protection shall adopt, and from time to time amend, regulations to be known as the state environmental code. Any violation of such code, (a) shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollar…

Section 13A. A system inspector of on-site sewage disposal systems, approved by the department of environmental protection, who performs an on-site inspection sewage disposal system under the provisions of the state environmental code, shall not recommend a specific disposal syst…

Section 14. The department of environmental protection is hereby authorized and directed to issue permits for the disposal of dredged materials within the marine boundaries of the commonwealth when it is determined that such disposal and such disposed material will not unreasonab…

Section 16. As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Department'', the department of environmental protection. ''Person'', any agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth, any state, …