301 CMR, § 25.02
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 Monitormeans 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.
301 CMR, § 25.02