SECTION 36.
Section 3A of chapter 21E of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (o) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- (o) The department shall audit a statistically significant representative sample of all sites, for which an annual compliance assurance fee is required to be paid pursuant to section 3B, determined by the department to be of a scope and character to reasonably ensure that response actions are performed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the Massachusetts contingency plan. In addition, the department may establish other audit targets or approaches for categories of persons or response actions or sites, as defined pursuant to subsection (d) of section 3, based on the department's determination of proper level of oversight for each category.
