Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 301 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS › Title 301 CMR 25.00 - Designation Of Port Areas › Section 25.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Coastal Zone
means that area subject
				to the CZM Program and defined in
				301 CMR
				20.03:
State Implementation of the
				Massachusetts Coastal Program
and 20.99:
Severability
.
CZM
means the Massachusetts Office of
				Coastal Zone Management established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21A, §
				4A.
CZM Program
means the Massachusetts
				Coastal Zone Management Program established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21A and
				codified in
				301 CMR 20.00:
Coastal Zone Management Program
.
DEP
means the Department of
				Environmental Protection.
Design Depth
means the required
				project depth, as measured at mean low water, specified in the applicable
				authorizing documents for a navigation dredging project. In the event multiple
				construction projects have been carried out in a channel, the design depth
				shall be the deepest of the required depths specified for the respective
				projects.
Designated Port Area (DPA)
means an
				area of contiguous lands and waters in the coastal zone that has been so
				designated in accordance with
				301 CMR
				25.00. Copies of official DPA maps and any superseding
				revisions are available from CZM.
Director
means the Director of CZM as
				provided in M.G.L. c. 21A, § 4A, as amended in St. 1983, c. 589.
EEA
means the Executive Office of
				Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Environmental Monitor
means the publication published by the Secretary and further described
				in
				301 CMR
				11.15:
Public Notice and the
				Environmental Monitor
.
Municipal Official
means the mayor of
				a city, the board of selectmen of a town, or the council of a municipality
				having a manager-council form of government.
Municipality
means any city or town of
				the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Person
means any individual,
				corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other business or non-profit
				organization, or any state, federal, municipal, or regional governmental,
				intergovernmental or other entity.
Planning Representative
means the
				person(s) designated by the municipal official to represent the municipality in
				all proceedings under
				301 CMR
				25.00.
Regional Planning Agency
means one of
				the six coastal regional planning organizations established pursuant to
				statewide enabling legislation that help communities plan and implement short-
				and long-range improvements for transportation, economic development,
				environmental, land use, and community development needs.
Requesting Party
means any person
				eligible to request the initiation of a DPA review, as listed in
				301 CMR
				25.03(1).
Secretary
means the Secretary of the
				Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
State Agency
means any public or
				quasi-public agency, department, board, district, commission, or authority of
				the Commonwealth.
Tidelands
means present and former
				submerged lands and tidal flats lying between the present or historic high
				water mark, whichever is farther landward, and the seaward limit of state
				jurisdiction. Tidelands include both flowed and filled tidelands as defined in
				310 CMR 9.02:
Definitions
.
Water-dependent Industrial Use
means
				any use found to be such in accordance with
				310 CMR
				9.12(2)(b).
Waterway
means any area of water and
				associated submerged land or tidal flat lying below the high water mark of any
				navigable river or stream, any Great Pond, or any portion of the Atlantic Ocean
				within the Commonwealth, which is subject to
				310 CMR
				9.04:
Geographic Areas Subject to
				Jurisdiction
.
Waterways Regulations
means the
				regulations established by DEP under M.G.L. c. 91, at
				310 CMR
				9.00:
Waterways
.