This chapter describes the fee structure of the Department of Environmental Protection (department) for funding contracts with third party environmental professionals who provide supplemental technical review and assessment of monitoring information related to significant groundwater wells. This chapter also describes a public information meeting requirement. Rules concerning the fee structure and public information meetings are required by An Act Concerning the Sustainable Use of and Planning for Water Resources,PL 2007, ch. 399(14) and (15) (effective September 20, 2007) as amended by An Act to Clarify the Laws Regarding Significant Groundwater Wells,PL 2009, ch. 295 (3) and (4) (effective September 12, 2009). This chapter also addresses pre-application and pre-submission meetings.
06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 342, § 1