Administrative Record for the Draft CII GP

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Administrative Record for the Draft CII (Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional) GP Documents
Document Type	A.R. Index No.	Document Name
A. Final Permit Documents	A.1
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.1	Public Notice, NPDES Permit No. MAG8600000. October 31, 2024 (pdf) (198 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.2	Draft NPDES Permit No. MAG8600000. October 31, 2024 (pdf) (577 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.3	Appendix A - Definitions, Abbreviations, and Acronyms (pdf) (146 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.4	Appendix B - Standard Permit Conditions Applicable to All Authorized Discharges (pdf) (173 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.5	Appendix C - Endangered Species Act (pdf) (556 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.6	Appendix D - National Historic Preservation Act Eligibility Guidance (pdf) (209 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.7	Appendix E - Determining Impervious Cover Acreage (pdf) (205 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.8	Appendix F - Phosphorus Reduction Credits for Selected Non-Structural and Structural Stormwater Control Measures ("SCMs") (pdf) (1.8 MB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.9	Appendix G - Notices of Intent ("NOI"), Change ("CNOI"), and Termination ("NOT") (pdf) (214 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.10	Appendix H - Massachusetts Tax Assessor's Use Code for CII Land Uses (pdf) (232 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.11	Appendix I - Operations and Maintenance Requirements (pdf) (176 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.12	Appendix J - Methodology for Determining Site-Specific Pollutant Calculation (pdf) (303 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.13	Appendix K - Reporting Requirements for Annual Reports (pdf) (100 KB)
B. Draft Permit Documents	B.14	Fact Sheet (pdf) (828 KB)
C. Petitions and Preliminary Designation Documents	C.1	Clean Water Act Residual Designation Determination for Certain Stormwater Discharges in the Charles, Mystic, and Neponset River Watershed in Massachusetts, EPA, 2022 (pdf) (7 MB)
C. Petitions and Preliminary Designation Documents	C.2	Petition for a Determination that Certain Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Multi‐Family Residential Property Dischargers Contribute to Water Quality Standards Violations in the Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, and that NPDES Permitting of Such Properties is Required (pdf) (5.9 MB)
C. Petitions and Preliminary Designation Documents	C.3	Petition for a Determination that Certain Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Multi‐Family Residential Property Dischargers Contribute to Water Quality Standards Violations in the Mystic River Watershed, Massachusetts, and that NPDES Permitting of Such Properties is Required (pdf) (335 KB)
C. Petitions and Preliminary Designation Documents	C.4	Petition for a Determination that Certain Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Multi-Family Residential Property Dischargers Contribute to Water Quality Standards Violations in the Neponset River Watershed, Massachusetts, and that NPDES Permitting of Such Properties is Required. (pdf) (295 KB)
D. ESA/EFH	D.1	Determination for Long Eared Bat. Project code: 2024-0130453 Project Name: Draft General Permit for Private Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Stormwater Discharges. August 14, 2024. (pdf) (243 KB)
D. ESA/EFH	D.2	Determination for Piping Plover. Project code: 2024-0130453 Project Name: Draft General Permit for Private Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Stormwater Discharges. August 14, 2024. (pdf) (322 KB)
D. ESA/EFH	D.3	List of threatened and endangered species that may occur in Project Code: 2024-0130453 Project Name: Draft General Permit for Private Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Stormwater Discharges. August 14, 2024. (pdf) (268 KB)
D. ESA/EFH	D.4	Supplemental Basis Information to Support the CII GP, Endangered Species Protection – USFWS Tricolored Bat. August 14. 2024 (pdf) (83 KB)
D. ESA/EFH	D.5	Final Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment 2 Volume 2: Table 31: Section 2.2.8, Table 31, pp 179-181. Updated December 8, 2016.
D. ESA/EFH	D.6	ESA Mapper
D. ESA/EFH	D.7	NOAA Fisheries EFH Mapper
E. Correspondence	E.1	EMAIL. Matt Shuman, Town of Winchester to R1.RDA. March 18, 2024. Subject: Comments. (pdf) (138 KB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.1	MassDEP, 2021, Final Massachusetts Integrated List of Waters for the Clean Water Act, 2022 Reporting Cycle
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.2	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2011). Total Maximum Daily Load for Nutrients in the Upper/Middle Charles River Basin, Massachusetts. (pdf) (111 KB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.3	Final Phosphorus TMDL Report for the Lower Charles River Basin. June 2007. (pdf) (1.8 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.4	Mystic River Watershed Alternative TMDL Development for Phosphorus Management - Final Report. January 2020 (pdf) (6 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.5	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2012). Addendum: Final Total Maximum Daily Loads of Bacteria for Neponset River Basin. (pdf) (824 KB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.6	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2000). Charles River Watershed 1997/1998 Water Quality Assessment Report. (pdf) (723 KB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.7	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (1995). The Neponset River Watershed 1994 Resource Assessment Report. (pdf) (12.6 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.8	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Neponset River Watershed 2004 Water Quality Assessment Report. (pdf) (1 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.9	Neponset River Estuary ACEC Water Quality and Restoration Action Plan (Neponset River Watershed Association, 2014) (pdf) (2.8 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.10	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2002). Total Maximum Daily Loads of Bacteria for Neponset River Basin. (pdf) (1.7 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.11	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2004). Boston Harbor 2004 Assessment Report. (pdf) (4.4 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.12	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2006). Mystic River Watershed Assessment and Action Plan. (pdf) (6.5 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.13	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2007a). Final Pathogen TMDL for the Charles River Watershed. (pdf) (3.7 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.14	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2010a). Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area 2004 -2008 Water Quality Assessment Report. (pdf) (2.4 MB)
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.15	USEPA. (2022d, August). Mystic River Watershed Report Cards.
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.16	Neponset River Watershed Report Cards
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.17	Charles River Watershed Report Cards
F. 303(d), 305(b), TMDL-Related Materials	F.18	Optimal Stormwater Management Plan Alternatives: A Demonstration Project in Three Upper Charles River Communities (pdf) (3.6 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.1	2016 Massachusetts MS4 General Permit
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.2	2014 Fact Sheet Massachusetts Small MS4 Attachment 1- Charles River Basin Nutrient (Phosphorus) TMDLs, Phosphorus Load Export Rates and BMP Performance (pdf) (1 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.3	Response to Comments on 2016 Massachusetts MS4 General Permit. (pdf) (5.2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.4	Attachment 2 to 2016 MA Small MS4 Response to Comments, March 31, 2016 (pdf) (5.2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.5	Watershed Analysis Of The Mystic River And Neponset River Watersheds Task 3A-B Technical Memo Mystic River Watershed Spatial Data And Mapping Analyses November 13, 2023 (pdf) (18.8 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.6	Watershed Analysis Of The Mystic River And Neponset River Watersheds Task 3C Technical Report Mystic River Watershed Property Parcel Analyses November 13, 2023 (pdf) (4.8 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.7	Watershed Analysis of the Mystic River and Neponset River Watersheds Technical Memo Neponset River Watershed Spatial Data and Mapping Analyses November 13, 2023 (pdf) (19.5 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.8	Watershed Analysis Of The Mystic River And Neponset River Watersheds Task 4C Technical Report Mystic River Watershed Property Parcel Analyses November 13, 2023 (pdf) (4.8 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.9	Charles River Watershed Analysis Task 3C Technical Report Charles River Watershed Property Parcel Analysis October 1, 2024 (pdf) (3.5 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.10	Mystic All Parcels Summary Data, November 2023 (xlsx) (27.3 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.11	Neponset All Parcels Summary Data, November 2023 (xlsx) (18.8 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.12	Charles All Parcels Summary Data, September 30, 2024 (xlsx) (51.4 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.13	Task 3D Technical Report Charles River Watershed Environmental Justice Analysis. October 30, 2024 (pdf) (3.1 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.14	Task 3D Technical Report Mystic River Watershed Environmental Justice Analysis. Noveber 23, 2023 (pdf) (8.2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.15	Task 4D Technical Report Neponset River Watershed Environmental Justice Analysis. November 23, 2023 (pdf) (9.6 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.16	Corsi, Steven R., et al. "River chloride trends in snow-affected urban watersheds: increasing concentrations outpace urban growth rate and are common among all seasons." Science of the Total Environment 508 (2015): 488-497. (pdf) (1.4 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.17	Moore, Richard B., Craig M. Johnston, Richard A. Smith, and Bryan Milstead, 2011. Source and Delivery of Nutrients to Receiving Waters in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 47(5):965-990. DOI: 10.1111⁄j.1752-1688.2011.00582.x (pdf) (3.5 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.18	Corsi, Steven R., et al. "A fresh look at road salt: aquatic toxicity and water-quality impacts on local, regional, and national scales." Environmental science & technology 44.19 (2010): 7376-7382. (pdf) (1.9 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.19	Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Implementation Procedures for the Antidegradation Provisions of the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, 314 CMR 4.00" (pdf) (72 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.20	Amélie Y. Davis, Bryan C. Pijanowski, Kimberly Robinson, Bernard Engel, The environmental and economic costs of sprawling parking lots in the United States, Land Use Policy, Volume 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-261 (pdf) (875 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.21	Booth, D.B., Forest cover, impervious surface area, and the mitigation of urbanization impacts in King County, 18 pp., 2000 (University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering internal paper: Washington) (pdf) (606 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.22	Carpenter, S. R., Caraco, N. F., Sharpley, A. N., Smith, V. H., Howarth, R. W., & Correll, D. L. (1998). Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with Phosphorus and nitrogen. Ecological Applications, 559-568. (pdf) (1.3 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.23	Center For Watershed Protection. (2003). Impacts of Impervious Cover on Aquatic Systems. Ellicott City, MD: Center For Watershed Protection. (pdf) (3.1 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.24	CH2M Hill. (2016). Stormwater Best Management Practices Recommendations Report. Prepared For Boston Water and Sewer Commission. (pdf) (245.3 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.25	Charles River Watershed Association. (2015). Cyanobacteria in the Charles River Lower Basin 2006-2014 Monitoring Report. (pdf) (2.9 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.26	Charles River Watershed Association. (2021). 2020 Annual Water Quality Report. (pdf) (4.3 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.27	Chen, J., Theller, L., Gitau, M. W., Engel, B. A., & Harbor, J. M. (2017). Urbanization Impacts on Surface Runoff of the Contiguous United States. Journal of Environmental Management, 187, 470-481. (pdf) (2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.28	Driscoll, C. T., Whitall, D., Aber, J., Boyer, E., Castro, M., Cronan, C., Ollinger, S. (2003). Nitrogen Pollution in the Northeastern United States: Sources, Effects, and Management Options. BioScience, 357-374. (pdf) (1 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.29	Howarth, R., & Marino, R. (2006). Nitrogen as the limiting nutrient for eutrophication in coastal marine ecosystems: Evolving views over three decades. Limnology and Oceanography, 364-376. (pdf) (227 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.30	Jacobson, C. R. (2011). Identification and quantification of the hydrological impacts of imperviousness in urban catchments: a review. Journal of Environmental Management, 1438-1448. (pdf) (397 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.31	Jani, J., Jang, Y.-Y., Lusk, M., & Toor, G. (2020). Composition of nitrogen in urban residential stormwater runoff: Concentrations, loads, and source characterization of nitrate and organic nitrogen. PLoS ONE, e0229715. (pdf) (3.2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.32	King, B. S., Maker, M. E., Kazyak, P. F., & Weller, D. E. (2011). How Novel is Too Novel? Stream Community Thresholds at Exceptionally Low Levels of Catchment Urbanization. Ecological Applications, 21, 1659-1678. (pdf) (770 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.33	Law, N., DiBlasi, K., Ghosh, U. 2008. Deriving Reliable Pollutant Removal Rates for Municipal Street Sweeping and Storm Drain Cleanout Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Center for Watershed Protection, Ellicott City, MD. Pages 1-73. (pdf) (1.1 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.34	Lin, J. P. (2004). Review of Published Export Coefficient and Event Mean Concentration (EMC) Data. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. (pdf) (1.1 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.35	Mallin, M. A., Johnson, V. L., & Ensign, S. H. (2009). Comparative impacts of Stormwater Runoff on Water Quality of an Urban, a Suburban, and a Rural Stream. Envirn Monit Assess, 159, 475-491. (pdf) (479 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.36	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2009). Northeast Region Bacteria Source Tracking 2008 Results.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.37	USGS. Effects of Lawn Fertilizer on Nutrient Concentration in Runoff from Lakeshore Lawns, Lauderdale Lakes, Wisconsin (pdf) (181 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.38	United States Environmental Protection Agency Preliminary Residual Designation Pursuant to Clean Water Act Region I - Long Creek 2008 (pdf) (714 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.39	Draft Permit. California Regional Water Quality Control Board Los Angeles Region. Waste Discharge Requirements for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Facilities in the Dominguez Channel/Inner and Outer Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor Watershed and the Los Cerritos Channel/Alamitos Bay Watershed. 2024 (pdf) (2.2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.40	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Facilities In The Dominguez Channel/Inner and Outer Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor Watershed and the Los Cerritos Channel/Alamitos Bay Watershed - Response to Comments (pdf) (1.6 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.41	Draft General Permit for Residually Designated Discharges in Milford, Bellingham, and Franklin, Massachusetts (pdf) (99 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.42	General permit for Post Construction Discharge of Stormwater in the Long Creek Watershed. Effective April 21, 2015. (pdf) (269 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.43	National Research Council. (2000). Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.44	Roy, A. H., & Shuster, W. D. (2009). Assessing Impervious Surface Connectivity and Applications for Watershed Management. Journal of the American Water Resource Association, 45(1).
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.45	Schueler, T. (2011). Technical Bulletin No. 9: Nutrient Accounting Methods to Document Local Stormwater Load Reduction in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Chesapeake Stormwater Network.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.46	Shaver, E., Horner, R., Skupien, J., May, C., & Ridley, G. (2007). Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management: Technical and Institutional Issues. Madison, WI: North American Lake Management Society. (pdf) (6.5 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.47	US EPA. (1999). Results of the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program. Washington D.C.: US EPA (pdf) (2.2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.48	Neponset River Watershed Association. (2017). Hotspot Monitoring 2017 Report. (pdf) (383 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.49	Pitt, R., Maestre, A., & Morquecho, R. (2004). The National Stormwater Quality Database (NSQD, Version 1.1). (pdf) (951 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.50	USEPA. (2005). A Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model for the Lower Charles River Basin, Massachusetts. (pdf) (2 MB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.51	USEPA. (2016b). MEMORANDUM - Annual Average Phosphorus Load Export Rates (PLERs) for Use in Fulfilling Phosphorus Load Reduction Requirements in EPA Region 1 Stormwater Permits. (pdf) (667 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.52	USEPA. (2022a, August). Environmental Challenges for the Mystic River Watershed. Retrieved from
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.53	USEPA. (2022b, August). Live Water Quality Data for the Mystic River.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.54	USEPA. (2022c, August). Live Water Quality Data Lower Charles River.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.55	USEPA. (2022d, August). Mystic River Watershed Report Cards.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.56	USEPA. (2022e, August). Urban Waters - Neponset River.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.57	USEPA. (2022f, August). The Charles River Initiative.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.58	Wang, S., Ma, Y., Zhang, X., & Shen, Z. (2022). Transport and sources of nitrogen in stormwater runoff at the urban catchment scale. Science of the Total Environment, 150281.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.59	Waschbusch, R. J. (2000). Sources of Phosphorus in Stormwater and Street Dirt from two Urban Residential Basins in Madison, Wisconsin, 1994-1995. National conference on Tools for Urban Water Resource Management and Protection (pp. 15-55). US EPA.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.60	Outline of Environmental Justice Considerations to Support EPA's Response to the Charles/Neponset/Mystic Watersheds RDA Petition (May 3, 2023) (pdf) (381 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.61	MA Property Type Classification Codes for Taxes and their applicability to the Massachsuetts CII GP (pdf) (184 KB)
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.62	National Research Council. (2008). Urban Stormwater Management in the United States. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.63	MassGIS Data: 2016 Land Cover/Land Use
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.64	Hathaway, J. M., et al. "A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Stormwater Management Systems: Designing for Resiliency and Future Challenges." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 10.2 (2024): 04023014.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.65	Ferris, William N., and Kurt Stephenson. "The role of nutrient credit trading for total maximum daily load compliance by the urban stormwater sector: Evidence from Virginia's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems." JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association 60.2 (2024): 392-405.
G. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	G.66	EPA Memo: PLERs for Charles RD Evaluation (pdf) (224 KB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.1	USEPA, Technical Support Document for Water Quality-based Toxics Control, 1991, EPA/505/2-90-001, p. 74. (pdf) (25.2 MB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.2	Questions and Answers on Antidegradation. EPA/811/1985.5. EPA. August 1985. (pdf) (1 MB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.3	Memorandum Compliance Schedules for Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations in NPDES Permits, May 2007 (pdf) (56 KB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.4	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NPDES Permit Writer's Manual. EPA-833-K-10-001. EPA. September 2010. (pdf) (4.7 MB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.5	National Recommended Water Quality Criteria: 2002. EPA-822-R-02-047. EPA. November 2002. (pdf) (366 KB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.6	Technical Support Document for Water Quality-Based Toxics Control. EPA. EPA/505/2-90-001. March 1991. (pdf) (25.2 MB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.7	Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Chloride-1988. USEPA (pdf) (2.2 MB)
H. EPA Guidance	H.8	CEJST. Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool.
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.1	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (pdf) (1.1 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.2	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311 et seq. (pdf) (1.1 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.3	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342 et seq. (pdf) (1.1 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.4	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1314 (pdf) (1.1 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.5	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1316 (pdf) (1.1 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.6	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1341 (pdf) (1.1 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.7	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1346 (pdf) (1.1 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.8	CWA § 301 (pdf) (1.2 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.9	CWA § 402
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.10	CWA § 304 (pdf) (1.2 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.11	CWA § 306 (pdf) (1.2 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.12	CWA § 401 (pdf) (1.2 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.13	CWA § 403 (pdf) (1.2 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.14	55 Fed. Reg. 47990 (Nov. 16, 1990) (pdf) (288.6 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.15	64 Fed. Reg. 68722 (December 8, 1999) (pdf) (1.3 MB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.16	40 C.F.R. Part 122
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.17	40 C.F.R. Part 124
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.18	40 C.F.R. Part 125
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.19	40 C.F.R. Part 130
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.20	40 C.F.R. Part 131
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.21	40 C.F.R. Part 136
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.22	National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), 16 USC §470 et seq (pdf) (731 KB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.23	Coastal Zone Management ("CZM") Act ("CZMA"), 16 USC §1451 et seq. (pdf) (196 KB)
I. Federal Statutory and Regulatory Authorities	I.24	National Recommended Water Quality Criteria Tables
J. Case History	J.1	Tex. Oil & Gas Ass'n v. EPA, 161 F.3d 923, 928 (5th Cir. 1998) (pdf) (308 KB)
J. Case History	J.2	BP Exploration & Oil, Inc. v. EPA, 66 F.3d 784, 796 (6th Cir. 1995) (pdf) (293 KB)
J. Case History	J.3	Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement Dist. v. U.S. E.P.A., 690 F.3d 9, 11–12 (1st Cir. 2012)
J. Case History	J.4	Star-Kist Caribe, Inc. 3 E.A.D. 172, 175, 177-178 (1990) (pdf) (174 KB)
J. Case History	J.5	NRDC v. EPA, 863 F.2d 1420, 1426 (9th Cir. 1988) (pdf) (290 KB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.1	314 CMR
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.2	Implementation Procedures for the Antidegradation Provisions of the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, 314 CMR 4.00. MassDEP. 2009. (pdf) (72 KB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.3	Implementation Policy for the Control of Toxic Pollutants in Surface Waters. MassDEP. 1990. (doc) (65 KB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.4	Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards, 314 Mass. Code Regs. § 4.00 et seq. (pdf) (15.6 MB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.5	Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act Regulations. 310 CMR 10.00 (pdf) (1.6 MB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.6	Massachusetts Stormwater Handbook and Stormwater Standards
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.7	Massachusetts Plant nutrient application requirements for agricultural land and land not used for agricultural purposes. 330 CMR 31. (pdf) (275 KB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.8	Section 3A of MGL c. 40A. Multi-family zoning as-of-right in MBTA communities
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.9	MBTA Communities Community Categories and Capacity Calculations, May 2024
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.10	Appendix 1 MBTA Community Categories and Requirements
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.11	USEPA. (2000). Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual - Rivers and Streams. (pdf) (2.7 MB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.12	USEPA. (2001). Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual - Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters. (pdf) (6.5 MB)
K. MassDEP Regulation, Policy, and Guidance	K.13	MassDEP's UIC regulations, 310 CMR 27.00 (pdf) (371 KB)
L. Other	L.1	Mystic-Neponset-HRU Summary Tables (xlsx) (73 KB)
L. Other	L.2	EPA's Central Data Exchange
L. Other	L.3	Massachusetts Tax Assessor's Code, Massachusetts Department of Revenue/Division of Local Services. (June 2016). Property Type Classification Codes, Non-Arm's Length Codes and Sales Report Spreadsheet Specifications. (pdf) (1.1 MB)
L. Other	L.4	Massachusetts Property Classification System of the Boston Assessing Department, Massachusetts Property Classification System Occupancy Codes (pdf) (74 KB)
L. Other	L.5	Establishing a Stormwater Volume Credit Trading Program, A Practical Guide for Stormwater Practitioners, September 2019 (pdf) (13.2 MB)
L. Other	L.6	MassGIS Data: Property Tax Parcels, July 2024 (pdf) (2 MB)
L. Other	L.7	Technical Memoradum, Clean SweepRecommendations for New and Updated Credits for Street Cleaning in New Hampshire, PREP, September 2022 (pdf) (6.4 MB)
L. Other	L.8	Cost Benefit Resource Toolkit for Phosphorus Control BMPs, Stormwater MS4 Municipal Assistance Grant Program – Phosphorus Control Plan (PCP) Resources, Brown and Caldwell, 2022 (pdf) (584 KB)
L. Other	L.9	New England Stormwater Retrofit Manual, July 2022 (pdf) (30.8 MB)
L. Other	L.10	Final RDA Report: Summary of Focus Group Feedback on Residual Designation Authority Permit Implementation in the Charles, Mystic and Neponset River Watersheds, CBI, June 30, 2024 (pdf) (464 KB)
L. Other	L.11	C-CAP High-Resolution Land Cover Classification Schemes Definitions and Guidance for Mapping Production and Data Use, NOAA (pdf) (208 KB)
L. Other	L.12	NPDES Permit Application Regulations for Storm Water Discharges, found in 55 FR 48054 (November 16, 1990)
L. Other	L.13	US EPA. (2016a). 2016 Massachusetts Municipal Separate Storm Sewer General Permit (as amended). (pdf) (776 KB)
L. Other	L.14	USEPA. (2013). A Long-Term Vision for Assessment, Restoration, and Protection under the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program. (pdf) (113 KB)
L. Other	L.15	USEPA. (2014). Fact Sheet to the 2014 Draft MA Small MS4 Permit.