Environmental Protection Forms and Publications

Many of the forms and publications available on the Attorney General's Office website are posted as a PDF. To download and view PDF files, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. This program is available as a free program download on the Adobe website:

• Free download of Adobe Reader

 

Taking Action on Climate Change

AG Coakley's June 8, 2007 testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (PDF) 

The Supreme Court's April 2, 2007 decision and the Supreme Court 2006 oral argument transcript (PDF) 

The Commonwealth's 2008 Mandamus Petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals (PDF)  file size 2MB

AG Coakley's February 5, 2009 letter urging the EPA Administrator to make an endangerment finding on greenhouse gases (PDF) 

 

Brownfields Covenant Program

Application to Enter into a Brownfields Covenant Not to Sue Agreement:

• Brownfields Covenant Application (RTF) 
• Brownfields Covenant Application (PDF) 

Notice of Rights of Affected Third Parties:

• Affected Third Parties Notice (RTF) 
• Affected Third Parties Notice (PDF) 

Eligible Person Certification for a Brownfields Covenant Not to Sue Agreement:

• Eligible Person Certification (RTF) 
• Eligible Person Certification (PDF) 

Brownfields Covenant Program Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Applicants:

• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) 
• Frequently Asked Questions (RTF) 

Completed Brownfields Covenants

2008 Amendments to the Attorney General's Brownfields Covenant Regulations, 940 CMR 23.00 (PDF) 

Brownfields Covenant Not to Sue Agreements: Report on the 2007 Review of the Attorney General's Brownfields Covenant Program (PDF) 

Attorney General's Statement of Economic Impact for the Amended Brownfields Regulations:

• Economic Impact Statement (PDF) 
• Economic Impact Statement (RTF) 

 

Protect Your Families from the Effects of Lead Paint

Federal law requires that consumers receive certain information before renovating six square feet or more of painted surfaces in a room for interior projects or more than twenty square feet of painted surfaces for exterior projects in housing, child care facilities and schools built before 1978.

• Renovate Right Booklet (PDF)