Restrictions on the Issuance of a Permit
Effective Mar 6, 2009MGL c. 21, §§ 26 through 53Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- (1) The Department shall not issue a permit for the use of stormwater that has come into contact with any land uses with higher potential pollutant loads.
- (2) The Department shall not issue a permit under 314 CMR 3.00, 314 CMR 5.00 or 314 CMR 20.00 authorizing the use of reclaimed water in a manner that will cause or contribute to violations of the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards or that will cause the water quality of a private source of water used for drinking, domestic, or culinary purposes or a public source of potable water to violate the standards set forth in the Drinking Water Regulations of Massachusetts, 310 CMR 22.00.
- (3) Except as otherwise provided in 314 CMR 20.03(6)(a) and (b), the Department shall not issue a permit under 314 CMR 3.00, 314 CMR 5.00 or 20.00 authorizing the outside use of reclaimed water within the Zone I of a public ground water source of potable water or the six-month ground water travel time to such source, whichever is larger.
- (4) Except as otherwise provided in 314 CMR 20.03(6)(a) and (b), the Department shall not issue a permit under 314 CMR 3.00, 314 CMR 5.00 or 20.00 authorizing the outside use of reclaimed water within the Zone A of a public surface water source of potable water, or within 100 feet of a private drinking water well.