Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 301 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS › Title 301 CMR 26.00 - Coastal Pollution Remediation Program › Section 26.03 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Throughout
				301 CMR 26.00, the terms
				listed in 301 CMR 26.03 shall have the following meaning unless otherwise
				specified:
Applicant
. The chief executive of any
				city or town found within the following coastal watersheds: Boston Harbor
				(includes Mystic, Neponset, Weymouth and Weir), Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod,
				Charles, Concord, Ipswich, Islands, Merrimac, Mount Hope, Narragansett, Nashua,
				North Coastal, Parker, Shawsheen, South Coastal, Taunton, Weymouth and Weir,
				and the Ten Mile.
Application
. The document submitted to
				the Committee for consideration of grant funds under the Program.
Boat Pumpout Facilities
. A mobile or
				fixed station facility that pumps or receives sewage from a marine sanitation
				devise (holding tank) installed on board vessels.
Cash Contributions
. The outlay of
				monetary contributions made by the Applicant for an awarded project.
Committee
. The panel of
				representatives from state and federal agencies who will review all
				applications for grant funds under the Program.
Director
. The Director of the Office
				of Coastal Zone Management who has been designated by the Secretary of the
				Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to manage the
				Program.
Grant Funds
. Those funds which are to
				be awarded for Program projects under St. 1994, c. 273, §2I.
In-kind Contributions
. The value of
				non-cash contributions provided by the Applicant, which may be in the form of
				the value of goods and services directly benefiting and specifically
				identifiable to the project.
Marine Sanitation Device
. Any
				equipment for installation on board a vessel and which is designed to retain,
				treat, or discharge sewage and any process to treat such sewage.
Matching Share
means the portion of
				the project costs provided by the Applicant and not supported by the Program
				grant funds awarded to the Applicant.
Nonpoint Pollution
. Contamination
				which includes but is not limited to sediments, nutrients, pathogens, and
				pollutants that collect in waterbodies from stormwater runoff and boat waste
				discharges.
Office
. The Office of Coastal Zone
				Management.
Plans
. Any designs, and relevant
				documentation prepared for and directly supporting or describing the project
				specified in an application for grant funds.
Program
. The Coastal Pollutant
				Remediation Grant Program established by the authority of St. 1994, c. 273,
				§ 2I.
Project
. An improvement or activity,
				that may include without limitation, planning, engineering, repair,
				construction or reconstruction of boatyard pumpout facilities or stormwater
				drainage facilities along roads, highways, and bridges. Each project must
				be:
(a) separate and distinct;
(b) in one geographic area; and
(c) identified in a site plan accompanying the
				application.
Project Cost
. Total cost of the
				Project, including reimbursement costs funded by grant funds and other costs
				that will be financed by matching funds.
Reimbursement Costs
. Costs incurred by
				the Applicant for its project for which grant funds are awarded. These costs
				shall be supported by documentation and proof of expenditure as described in
				301 CMR
				26.08.
Remediation
. For purposes of the
				Program and 301MR 26.00, correcting or counteracting a source of nonpoint
				pollution from a roadway.
Request for Responses
. A competitive
				solicitation issued by the Office for proposals for Program grant
				awards.
Roadways
. Surfaces such as roads,
				highways, bridges and municipal parking lots used by motor vehicles.
Runoff
. Water from precipitation or
				snow melt which is not readily absorbed into the ground, but rather flows over
				the land surface and into adjacent waterbodies.
Secretary
. The Secretary of the
				Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Waterbodies
. The following resources
				which have a direct impact on coastal waters: wetlands, ponds, lakes,
				reservoirs, creeks, streams, rivers, marine waters and other areas where
				surface water collects.