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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>CHAPTER 91 GENERAL LICENSE FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL DOCKS AND PIERS<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>Colonial Ordinances of 1641-1647 codified the "public trust doctrine," which holds that the air, the sea and the shore belong not to any one person, but rather to the public at large. The Commonwealth's primary tool for protection and promotion of public use of its tidelands and other waterways is Massachusetts General Law Chapter 91, the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/watersheds/chapter-91-the-massachusetts-public-waterfront-act.html">MA Public Waterfront Act</a></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt'>, which was formally established in 1866. MassDEP’s Waterways Regulation Program, which oversees Chapter 91, is the primary division charged with implementing the "public trust doctrine." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Waterways Program has created a GENERAL LICENSE by which eligible non-commercial projects can self-certify small-scale docks, piers and similar structures accessory to a residential use <span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'>in and over </span>flowed tidelands, great ponds, and navigable rivers and streams of the Commonwealth<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'>. A copy of the draft general license is available at <a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/regulations/310-cmr-9-00-massachusetts-waterways-regulation.html#2">www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/regulations/310-cmr-9-00-massachusetts-waterways-regulation.html#2</a>. Detailed eligibility criteria are found in sections 310 CMR 9.29(2) and (3) of the Waterways regulations posted on the same web page. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'>PUBLIC HEARINGS for Small Residential Dock and Pier General License: 310 CMR 9.00<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Public Hearings will be held to determine whether to further refine the General License before it is issued. Ch. 91 staff will present a summary of the General License Proposal at the beginning of each hearing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>September 30, 2014 – 1 p.m.to 3 p.m.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> (Tuesday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Barnstable Town Hall - Town Council Hearing Room<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>367 Main St, <b>Hyannis</b>, MA 02601<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>October 1, 2014 – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>(Wednesday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>MassDEP Southeast Regional Office - 1<sup>st</sup> Floor Conference Room <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>20 Riverside Drive <b>Lakeville</b>, MA 02347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>October 2, 2014 – 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> (Thursday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Billerica Public Library - Library Meeting Room <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>15 Concord Road, <b>Billerica</b>, MA 01821<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>October 7, 2014 – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>(Tuesday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>MassDEP Central Regional Office - Commissioner’s Conference Room <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>627 Main Street, <b>Worcester</b>, MA 01608<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>October 9, 2014 – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>(Thursday)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>MassDEP Western Regional Office - Conference Room 517<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>436 Dwight Street, Suite 500, <b>Springfield</b>, MA 01103<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>COMMENT DEADLINE: 27 October 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MassDEP will consider all comments from the public hearings and written comments received by October 27, 2014. Failure of any aggrieved person or group of ten citizens or more to submit written comments to the Waterways Regulation Program by the Public Comment Deadline will result in the waiver of any right to an adjudicatory hearing in accordance with 310 CMR 9.13(4)(c).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Additional information regarding this draft general license may be obtained by contacting the Waterways Regulation Program at (617) 556-1134. A copy of the draft general license is available on the MassDEP website: <span class=leadsnippet><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dep/water/laws/rr/dgl13.doc">Preliminary Draft: Small Dock and Pier General License</a> </span></span><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dep/water/laws/rr/dgl13.doc"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#07459A;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_129" src="cid:image001.png@01CFCB80.45F377F0" alt="doc format of Preliminary Draft: Small Dock and Pier General License "></span></a><span class=leadsnippet><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></span><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dep/water/laws/rr/dgl13.pdf"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#07459A;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_130" src="cid:image002.png@01CFCB80.45F377F0" alt="pdf format of Preliminary Draft: Small Dock and Pier General License"></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>or by appointment only, at One Winter Street, 5th floor, Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Written comments must be addressed to: Lauren Farrell, MassDEP Waterways Regulation Program, One Winter Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 or <a href="mailto:Lauren.Farrell@state.ma.us">Lauren.Farrell@state.ma.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The Public Hearing Notice and Schedule, as well as links to the Waterways regulations and the draft General License are posted at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/news/comment/public-hearing-schedule-for-small-dock-and-pier-general-license.html">www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/news/comment/public-hearing-schedule-for-small-dock-and-pier-general-license.html</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>~~~</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#009900'>\ | / \ | /</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:blue'>~~~~~~</span><span style='color:green'> </span><span style='color:#009900'>\ | /</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:blue'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style='color:green'> </span><span style='color:#009900'>\ | /</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:blue'>~</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#009900'>\ | /</span><span style='color:blue'>~~~~~~~</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#009900'>\ | /</span><span style='color:blue'>~~~~~</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#009900'>\ | / \ | /</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:blue'>~~~~~</span><span style='color:maroon'> <br> ><<{{</span><span style='color:#595959'>°</span><span style='color:maroon'>> ><<{{</span><span style='color:#595959'>°</span><span style='color:maroon'>><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><br>Christine A. Odiaga, CPESC | Southeast Region "Circuit Rider" | MassDEP Wetlands Program | (508) 946-2836<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>“News you can Use”:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>NHESP </span></b><a name=masswildlife><em><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>MOVES BACK TO WESTBOROUGH</span></b></em></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As of September 8, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Field Headquarters staff is back in operation in Westborough. Phone numbers and email addresses for Field Headquarters staff will remain the same. The street and mailing address is 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA 01581.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.3in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>EPA RELEASES ENVIROATLAS ECOCYSTEM MAPPING TOOL</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released EnviroAtlas, a web-based interactive tool that integrates over 300 separate data layers, helps decision makers understand the implications of planning and policy decisions on our fragile ecosystems and the communities who depend on goods and services from these ecosystems. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://enviroatlas.epa.gov/enviroatlas/">http://enviroatlas.epa.gov/enviroatlas/</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.3in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PRIMARY FRONTAL DUNES FACT SHEET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>FEMA’s Primary Frontal Dunes Fact Sheet (<a href="https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/92336">www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/92336</a>) highlights general information about primary frontal dunes (PFDs) as well as how FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) assesses and accounts for PFDs during coastal flood hazard mapping studies. The Fact Sheet also defines common terms related to coastal flood hazard mapping studies and provides links to relevant pages on the FEMA website at <a href="http://www.fema.gov/">www.fema.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>NEW IN-LIEU FEE MITIGATION PROGRAM BY MA DEPT. OF FISH & GAME</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.3in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>On May 23, 2014 the Mass. Dept. of Fish & Game (DFG) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) signed an agreement making DFG the sponsor of a new in-lieu fee program (ILFP) for Massachusetts. The ILFP gives Corps permittees the option of paying an in-lieu fee to DFG's ILFP as mitigation for their project impacts to federally-regulated aquatic resources. DFG, in turn, will aggregate ILFP fees to implement larger-scale mitigation projects. The Corps typically prefers in-lieu fee mitigation over permittee-responsible mitigation, due to the increased likelihood of success with larger-scale mitigation projects and long-term monitoring by the in-lieu fee sponsor. For more info on DFG's new ILFP, see: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IxVuob4qO8qXP47438OShgmvX8X7SqVqssg9rov2stAIsMi1IR8iptMfnsvRARH_q1rNPEDC2-pyP326axW4Mwsb4SHwdfyd5bnPjPiMaf7uRbu4oQdVdyZsf4lmIopxXc7JssU-EiCFCNpKaOEhoQFcDdO90foRJVX_KJ0de2A9MimDKkpLre2Pl-zZZJCJSP9A22IkntnD0mIi-PoDCMUKiOazc5Y0Fcs7YHZp4bYjOpL0S0i9N9EdKQx5L_N3qlTob85NuBsrvqVj4HsI6Q==&c=Z_ULLAdC89-3wiaDSySmBD2nl2mT8hedZ116JtOES1yM9BJCRdR8IQ==&ch=6PYORb_Lijr9_HvLtJQuzqwKwIvOLl2NaiMXnSJHTX94KbkjmU4UBA==" target="_blank">http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/regulatory/Mitigation/MA/MAILFFactSheet.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#660066'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo10'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>EPA PROVIDES TOOL TO HELP COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE FLOOD RESILIENT</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new tool, the <b>Flood Resilience Checklist</b>, offers strategies that communities can consider, such as conserving land in flood-prone areas; directing new development to safer areas; and using green infrastructure approaches to manage stormwater. </span><a href="http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/Flood-Resilience-Checklist.pdf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/Flood-Resilience-Checklist.pdf</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#660066'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>