Activities Requiring a Permit

(1) No person shall construct, effect, maintain, modify or use any sewer system extension or connection without a currently valid permit from the Department pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21, § 43, and 314 CMR 7.00, unless such activity meets all the applicable conditions in 314 CMR 7.05, as determined by the Department. Notwithstanding the provisions in 314 CMR 7.05, the Department may, pursuant to its authority under M.G.L. c. 21, § 43, and 314 CMR 7.00, require any person constructing, effecting, maintaining, modifying, or using any sewer system extension or connection to obtain a permit from the Department. Any person who proposes to construct, effect, maintain, modify or use a sewer system extension or connection may obtain a permit by filing an application form in accordance with 314 CMR 7.00 and 2.00: Permit Procedures. The Department may also require any person to provide information as the Department may reasonably require to determine whether that person is subject to or in violation of M.G.L. c. 21, §§ 26 through 53, 314 CMR 7.00 and 314 CMR 12.00: Operation and Maintenance and Pretreatment Standards for Wastewater Treatment Works and Indirect Dischargers, including the conditions applicable to the activities not requiring a permit in 314 CMR 7.05. (2) Discharges from an industrial user that have a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code listed in 314 CMR 7.17 and discharge greater than 25,000 gallons per day to a Non-IPP-POTW, unless exempted in accordance with 314 CMR 7.05(1)(h). (3) Notwithstanding the provisions in 314 CMR 7.05, discharges, as determined by the Department, that will or potentially could cause harm to the treatment works, pass through the treatment works, cause water quality violations in the receiving waters or cause wastewater to bypass part or all of the treatment works.