Permit Application Denials

(1) Without limitation, the Department may deny a permit application or impose additional conditions on a permit if it determines that: (a) the withdrawal will not conform to the applicable standards for permitting established by 310 CMR 36.00; (b) the withdrawal will negatively impact any of the factors listed in M.G.L. c. 21G or in 310 CMR 36.26; (c) the applicant has submitted information in the permit application which the applicant knew or reasonably should have known was false or misleading; or (d) the application is not complete by the applicable date. (2) The Department shall deny permit applications for withdrawals from a water source if it finds: (a) that the combined volume of existing, permitted and proposed withdrawals exceeds the safe yield of the water source; or (b) that the existing, permitted or proposed withdrawals are otherwise in conflict.