Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91 – Waterways | Midpage1Definitions2Duties of public works department relative to commonwealth lands2APowers as to property acquired, built or improved in Plymouth by Pilgrim tercentenary commission3Powers as to Boston harbor4Improvement of Boston harbor; access to piers, railroads, etc.5Power to take or purchase real property6Power to lease piers, etc.; Port of Boston Fund7Piers, etc.; freight loading equipment; rules and regulations8Acquisition of Apple Island and shore lands9Utilization plans for acquired property9AConstruction or reconstruction of piers and waterfront terminal facilities; written contracts10Powers and duties relative to harbors, etc.10ATemporary moorings of floats or rafts; permits, issuance or refusal; review; public nuisances10CDocking of commercial vessels; permits; applications; appeal10DScuba divers and skin divers; access to Commonwealth tidelands11Improvement and preservation of rivers, streams, harbors, etc.11AResource protection, navigational safety and development projects; work agreements with local authorities12License for structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack rivers12ALicense for structures in rivers or streams where expenditures for channel improvement and flood control already made13Licenses for booms in Connecticut river and structures in great ponds14License for structures in or over tide water; conduits or cables under tide water; private or commonwealth tidelands15Revocation and expiration of authority or license; exception; mortgageable interest16Cessation, determination of authority or license for non-use17Construction of licenses; approval18Application for license; notice; hearings; records18APublic access to great ponds; petition18BSecretary as administrator of tidelands; duties; public benefit review and public benefit determination; appointment of public information officer18CNoncommercial small-scale docks, piers and similar structures accessory to residential use; issuance of general license; applicability of other laws to projects subject to general license19Restriction on structures in great ponds19ALowering waters of great ponds; penalty20Supervision by department of erections under legislative grants21Compensation for displacement of tidewater22Compensation when title to land is in Commonwealth23Unauthorized work in public waters; public nuisances24Money paid into General Fund25Supervision of province lands26Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law27Bounds of province lands; regulations28Unlawful existing structures29Improvement of tidal and non-tidal waters by counties or towns; assumption of liability for improvements29AProtection of private property along shores; construction of structures by cities or towns30Removal of gravel, sand, stones, etc. from beaches; notice; penalty30ARemoval of natural barriers preventing erosion by sea; jurisdiction of superior court; penalty31Surveys and improvements for preservation of harbors32Survey of Connecticut river33Improvement of topographical survey of commonwealth; sale of maps34Establishment of harbor lines35Great ponds; definition36Applications to congress for appropriations for harbors37Enforcement of stipulations in deeds from commonwealth38Definitions applicable to Secs. 38 to 4839Willful abandonment of vessel on public lands or shores of the commonwealth40Application for title to abandoned vessel; priority of claims; prerequisites to filing; notice to owner or lienholder41Failure of owner or lienholder to claim vessel; application for title by claimant42Granting of title to claimant43Removal, destruction or sale of vessel by claimant after receipt of title43ARemoval of obstructing vessel by department; department as claimant43BPenalty for willful abandonment of vessel; exceptions43CFraudulent claim to abandoned vessel; penalty43DRules and regulations relating to Secs. 38 to 43C44Liability of insurer45Application to federal government for reimbursement46License for breaking up and disposing of floating structures46AViolations of Sec. 46; penalty47Application for license; issuance; conditions; bond48Failure to comply with terms of license; completion of work by department49ARemoval of whales or other mammals from tidewaters49BRemoval of dilapidated or unsafe wharves or piers; notice; revocation of license; liability for cost; lien50Foreign corporations engaged in business of wrecking or salvaging; license; bond; penalty51Impairment of right or authority derived from federal government52Supervision of transportation and dumping of dredged material in tidewaters; payment of cost; burning and towing of rubbish53Terms of license54Dumping; notice; inspector; cost of supervision55Penalty for violating Secs. 52 to 5456Application of Secs. 52 to 55 to federal government and its agents57Jurisdiction of supreme judicial court58Arrest without warrant59Discharge of petroleum products, refuse or other matter into or on lakes, rivers or tidal waters; penalty; exception; enforcement59ATort liability for discharge or deposit of crude petroleum or products; double damages59BMarinas; licensing by division of water pollution control; restrictions; term; renewal; fees63Salvage, recovery, etc. of underwater archaeological resources; permits; restrictions; disposition of resources; enforcement; violations; penalties; jurisdiction and venue64Uniform beach warning and safety flag program