Introduction

310 CMR 10.51 through 10.60 applies to all work which will remove, fill, dredge or alter any bank, bordering vegetated wetland, land under water bodies and waterways, land subject to flooding or riverfront area. 310 CMR 10.51 through 10.60 pertains to inland (as opposed to coastal) wetlands, and is promulgated in addition to 310 CMR 10.01 through 10.10 and 10.21 through 10.37. A project may be subject to regulation under both 310 CMR 10.01 through 10.10 and 10.21 through 10.37, in which case compliance with all applicable regulations is required. 310 CMR 10.51 through 10.60 is grouped into five resource areas. Each section begins with a Preamble which specifies the interests identified in M.G.L. c. 131, § 40 to which that resource area is or is likely to be significant. The next subsection defines the resource area and describes the characteristics of that area which are critical to the protection of the interests so identified. The next subsection sets forth the presumptions concerning the significance of the resource area. The last subsection contains the general performance standards to be applied to any work that will remove, fill, dredge or alter the resource area.