Permit Applications

(1) A Person wishing to make a direct connection to the Authority's Sewerage System, or to modify, reconnect, or abandon an existing connection, shall file an application for a Direct Connection Permit with the Authority on an application form required by the Authority. An application to make a direct connection shall be accompanied by siting plans demonstrating that the direct connection is required by special engineering or topographical considerations, as well as by construction plans and specifications stamped and signed by a professional engineer registered in Massachusetts. An applicant shall supplement its application with such additional information as the Authority may require. An application must be accompanied by a minimum $300 permit application charge (minimum charge calculated at six hours at $50.00/hour). The Authority will waive the charge for an application of a municipality. The Authority may waive the charge in instances in which the connection, modification, reconnection, or abandonment will benefit or improve the Authority's Sewer System, or in other circumstances in which the Authority determines that a waiver is in the public interest. In the event that the Authority's review of the application requires the expenditure of more than six hours, the applicant will be charged for all additional hours at the rate of $50.00/hour, which charge will be payable at the same time as the $200 permit issuance charge is due as provided in 360 CMR 10.083. (2) Before filing an application with the Authority, the Person shall submit the completed application to the municipality in which the connection, modification, reconnection, or abandonment will occur. The municipality shall have 60 days to review and comment on the application. The application filed with the Authority shall be accompanied by any comments and recommendations made by the municipality. The municipality shall provide reasons for any recommendation.