Registration Renewal Requests

(1) No person shall continue a registered withdrawal after the registration expires unless that person has filed a timely registration renewal request with the Department. (2) Registration Statements initially became effective on January 1, 1988. All Registration Statements have a ten-year term. Requests to renew a registration statement must be submitted on forms provided by the Department and be received by the Department six months prior to the expiration date. Each request for a renewal must include the applicable fee established in 310 CMR 4.00: Timely Action Schedule and Fee Provisions. (3) The Department shall accept any request to renew a registration statement that complies with the provisions of 310 CMR 36.06, 36.07, 36.10 and 36.11 and is timely filed. Upon the filing of a request for renewal by the date established in 310 CMR 36.10(2), and demonstration of compliance with the requirements of the expiring registration statement, such person shall be entitled to continue the existing withdrawal for a period of ten additional years. (4) No person who fails to file a request to renew a registration statement or is notified that the Department has denied a request for renewal shall continue to withdraw water in an amount over the threshold volume after the registration statement expires unless and until that person obtains a permit from the Department.