Filing a Registration Statement
Effective Mar 17, 2023Mass. Register #1491MGL c. 21GMassachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- (1) Registration statements must be submitted on forms established by the Department and filed in accordance with the requirements of 310 CMR 4.00: Timely Action Schedule and Fee Provisions and 310 CMR 36.00.
(2) Every registration statement must contain, at a minimum:
- (a) documentation of the actual or estimated amounts of water withdrawn;
- (b) the use for which the water is being withdrawn;
- (c) an identification of the water source and specific part of a water source from which the withdrawal is being made, in sufficient detail to describe the water source adequately;
- (d) the locations of all withdrawal points;
- (e) the volume of the withdrawal; provided however, that persons whose volume of withdrawals varies seasonally according to an established pattern shall describe that variation;
- (f) conservation measures instituted, or to be instituted, by the registrant;
- (g) the point or points at which the water is discharged after use; and
- (h) any other information requested by the Department relative to the withdrawal, use and discharge.
- (3) Any registrant who must estimate the amount of its withdrawal shall do so in accordance with guidelines established by the Department.