The Wetlands Protection Act bars removing, filling, dredging, or altering any bank, beach, dune, or wetland, or land within the 100-foot buffer, without an order of conditions from the town conservation commission. Erosion controls are mandatory on coastal work.
MGL c.131 §40 governs erosion and sediment control across Plymouth County. Anyone working near a bank, coastal wetland, beach, dune, or land subject to coastal storm flowage, and within the 100-foot buffer zone, must file a Notice of Intent with the local conservation commission and receive an order of conditions before disturbing soil. In eroding coastal settings like Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury Beach, commissions require staked silt fence, dune plantings, coir logs, and stabilized entrances to keep sediment out of tidal waters. Work stops until the disturbed area is stabilized.
Clearing or grading a protected area or buffer without an order of conditions violates the Wetlands Protection Act. Conservation commissions issue enforcement orders, daily fines, and mandatory restoration of eroded resource areas.
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