CHAPTER 91. WATERWAYS  


SECTION 1. Definitions
SECTION 2. Duties of public works department relative to commonwealth lands
SECTION 2A. Powers as to property acquired, built or improved in Plymouth by Pilgrim tercentenary commission
SECTION 3. Powers as to Boston harbor
SECTION 4. Improvement of Boston harbor; access to piers, railroads, etc.
SECTION 5. Power to take or purchase real property
SECTION 5A. Repealed, 1966, 621, Sec. 1
SECTION 6. Power to lease piers, etc.; Port of Boston Fund
SECTION 7. Piers, etc.; freight loading equipment; rules and regulations
SECTION 8. Acquisition of Apple Island and shore lands
SECTION 9. Utilization plans for acquired property
SECTION 9A. Construction or reconstruction of piers and waterfront terminal facilities; written contracts
SECTION 10. Powers and duties relative to harbors, etc.
SECTION 10A. Temporary moorings of floats or rafts; permits, issuance or refusal; review; public nuisances
SECTION 10A1/2. Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 239
SECTION 10B. Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 64
SECTION 10C. Docking of commercial vessels; permits; applications; appeal
SECTION 10D. Scuba divers and skin divers; access to Commonwealth tidelands
SECTION 11. Improvement and preservation of rivers, streams, harbors, etc.
SECTION 11A. Resource protection, navigational safety and development projects; work agreements with local authorities
SECTION 12. License for structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack rivers
SECTION 12A. License for structures in rivers or streams where expenditures for channel improvement and flood control already made
SECTION 13. Licenses for booms in Connecticut river and structures in great ponds
SECTION 14. License for structures in or over tide water; conduits or cables under tide water; private or commonwealth tidelands
SECTION 15. Revocation and expiration of authority or license; exception; mortgageable interest
SECTION 16. Cessation, determination of authority or license for non-use
SECTION 17. Construction of licenses; approval
SECTION 18. Application for license; notice; hearings; records
SECTION 18A. Public access to great ponds; petition
SECTION 18B. Secretary as administrator of tidelands; duties; public benefit review and public benefit determination; appointment of public information officer
SECTION 18C. Noncommercial small-scale docks, piers and similar structures accessory to residential use; issuance of general license; applicability of other laws to projects subject to general license
SECTION 19. Restriction on structures in great ponds
SECTION 19A. Lowering waters of great ponds; penalty
SECTION 20. Supervision by department of erections under legislative grants
SECTION 21. Compensation for displacement of tidewater
SECTION 22. Compensation when title to land is in Commonwealth
SECTION 23. Unauthorized work in public waters; public nuisances
SECTION 24. Money paid into General Fund
SECTION 25. Supervision of province lands
SECTION 26. Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
SECTION 27. Bounds of province lands; regulations
SECTION 28. Unlawful existing structures
SECTION 29. Improvement of tidal and non-tidal waters by counties or towns; assumption of liability for improvements
SECTION 29A. Protection of private property along shores; construction of structures by cities or towns
SECTION 30. Removal of gravel, sand, stones, etc. from beaches; notice; penalty
SECTION 30A. Removal of natural barriers preventing erosion by sea; jurisdiction of superior court; penalty
SECTION 31. Surveys and improvements for preservation of harbors
SECTION 32. Survey of Connecticut river
SECTION 33. Improvement of topographical survey of commonwealth; sale of maps
SECTION 34. Establishment of harbor lines
SECTION 35. Great ponds; definition
SECTION 36. Applications to congress for appropriations for harbors
SECTION 37. Enforcement of stipulations in deeds from commonwealth
SECTION 38. Definitions applicable to Secs. 38 to 48
SECTION 39. Willful abandonment of vessel on public lands or shores of the commonwealth
SECTION 40. Application for title to abandoned vessel; priority of claims; prerequisites to filing; notice to owner or lienholder
SECTION 41. Failure of owner or lienholder to claim vessel; application for title by claimant
SECTION 42. Granting of title to claimant
SECTION 43. Removal, destruction or sale of vessel by claimant after receipt of title
SECTION 43A. Removal of obstructing vessel by department; department as claimant
SECTION 43B. Penalty for willful abandonment of vessel; exceptions
SECTION 43C. Fraudulent claim to abandoned vessel; penalty
SECTION 43D. Rules and regulations relating to Secs. 38 to 43C
SECTION 44. Liability of insurer
SECTION 45. Application to federal government for reimbursement
SECTION 46. License for breaking up and disposing of floating structures
SECTION 46A. Violations of Sec. 46; penalty
SECTION 47. Application for license; issuance; conditions; bond
SECTION 48. Failure to comply with terms of license; completion of work by department
SECTION 49. Repealed, 2010, 309, Sec. 3
SECTION 49A. Removal of whales or other mammals from tidewaters
SECTION 49B. Removal of dilapidated or unsafe wharves or piers; notice; revocation of license; liability for cost; lien
SECTION 50. Foreign corporations engaged in business of wrecking or salvaging; license; bond; penalty
SECTION 51. Impairment of right or authority derived from federal government
SECTION 52. Supervision of transportation and dumping of dredged material in tidewaters; payment of cost; burning and towing of rubbish
SECTION 53. Terms of license
SECTION 54. Dumping; notice; inspector; cost of supervision
SECTION 55. Penalty for violating Secs. 52 to 54
SECTION 56. Application of Secs. 52 to 55 to federal government and its agents
SECTION 57. Jurisdiction of supreme judicial court
SECTION 58. Arrest without warrant
SECTION 59. Discharge of petroleum products, refuse or other matter into or on lakes, rivers or tidal waters; penalty; exception; enforcement
SECTION 59A. Tort liability for discharge or deposit of crude petroleum or products; double damages
SECTION 59B. Marinas; licensing by division of water pollution control; restrictions; term; renewal; fees
SECTION 60 to 62. Repealed, 1968, 501, Sec. 2
SECTION 63. Salvage, recovery, etc. of underwater archaeological resources; permits; restrictions; disposition of resources; enforcement; violations; penalties; jurisdiction and venue
SECTION 64. Uniform beach warning and safety flag program