301 CMR, § 26.03
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.
301 CMR, § 26.03