Work near any Essex County wetland demands erosion and sedimentation controls. The Wetlands Protection Act bars altering banks, wetlands, or land within the 100-foot buffer without a conservation commission order of conditions specifying silt fences, staked haybales, and stabilized slopes.
MGL Chapter 131, Section 40 prohibits removing, filling, or altering wetlands and their 100-foot buffer zone without filing a Notice of Intent and receiving an order of conditions. Conservation commissions across Essex require erosion controls before earthwork: sediment barriers downgradient, exposed soil stabilized promptly, and dewatering filtered. MassDEP Stormwater Standard 8 mandates erosion and sediment control throughout construction.
Clearing or grading without an order of conditions draws a conservation commission enforcement order, stop-work order, and fines up to $25,000 under the Wetlands Protection Act, with each day a separate offense.
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