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310 CMR 6.00: Ambient Air Quality Standards

PDF 82 KB

Related: Ambient Air Exposure Limits for Chemicals
PDF 55 KB

310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Air Pollution Control Regulations

Current through May 2008 amendments
PDF 3.2 MB

SECTIONS:

7.00: Authority, Legend, Preamble & Definitions
7.01: General Regulations
7.02-7.03: Plan Approvals, Emission Limitations & Construction
7.04: Fossil Fuel Utilization Facilities
7.05: Fuels All Districts
7.06: Visible Emissions
7.07-7.10: Open Burning, Incinerators, Dust, Odor, Construction & Demolition, Noise
7.11: Transportation Media
7.12: Source Registration
7.13-7.14: Stack Testing, Monitoring Devices & Reports
7.15: Asbestos
7.16: Massachusetts Rideshare Regulation
7.17: Conversions to Coal
7.18: Volatile & Halogenated Organic Compounds
7.19: Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for NOx
7.21-7.22: Sulfur Dioxide Emissions, Acid Rain
7.24: Organic Material Storage & Distribution, Stage II Vapor Recovery
7.25: Best Available Controls for Consumer & Commercial Products
7.26: Industry Performance Standards
7.27-7.28: NOx Allowances & Trading
7.29: Emissions Standards for Power Plants
7.30-7.31: Logan Airport & East Boston Parking Freezes
7.32: Massachusetts Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)
7.33: South Boston Parking Freeze
7.36: Transit System Improvements
7.37: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes
7.38: Metro Boston Tunnel Ventilation System Certification
7.40-7.45: Low Emission Vehicle & Massachusetts Green Fleet Progams
7.50-7.52: Variances, Hearings & Enforcement
7.54: Large Combustion Emission Units 
7.60: Severability
7.70: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Budget Trading Program 
Appendices

310 CMR 7.00, Appendix B(7): Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emission Banking, Trading & Averaging

Final Amendments & MassDEP Response to Comments, May 2008
MS Word 97 KB | PDF 140 KB

See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above

Background Information
Web page

RELATED INFORMATION:

CO2 Emission Banking, Trading & Averaging Program Home Page
Web page

310 CMR 7.00 (Appendix B), 310 CMR 7.29 & 310 CMR 7.70: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Budget Trading Program

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Regulations

Final Regulations, January 2008
MS Word 446 KB | PDF 390 KB

See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above

Background Information (Including Response to Public Comments)
Web page

Related: Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Regulations: 225 CMR 13.00, CO2 Budget Trading Program Auction
DOER web site

310 CMR 7.00: Boiler, Engine, Turbine & Environmental Results Program Amendments

Final Amendments, December 2007
MS Word 91 KB | PDF 137 KB

Background Information
Web page 

310 CMR 7.02 & 310 CMR 7.29: Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) Massachusetts State Plan

See 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above

Background Information on June 2007 Amendments
Web page

310 CMR 7.25: Best Available Controls for Consumer & Commercial Products

Regulations
MS Word 273 KB | PDF 184 KB

See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above

Background Information on October 2007 Amendments
Web page

310 CMR 7.29 & 310 CMR 7.00: Appendix B, Greenhouse Gas Emission Implementation

See 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above

Background Information on September 2006 Amendments
Web page

310 CMR 7.32 & 310 CMR 7.28: Massachusetts Clean Air Interstate Rule (Mass CAIR) & NOx Allowance Trading

Regulations
MS Word 367 KB | PDF 251 KB

See also 310 CMR 7.00 above

Background Information on April 2007 Amendments
Web page

310 CMR 7.36: Transit System Improvements

See 310 CMR 7.00 above

Background Information on December 2006 Amendments
Web page

310 CMR 7.38: Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in Metropolitan Boston

Regulations
MS Word 52 KB | PDF 36 KB

See also 310 CMR 7.00 above

Related: Operating Certification for the Central Artery (I-93)/Tunnel (I-90) Ventilation System
Web page 

310 CMR 7.40: Low Emission Vehicles (LEV)

Regulations
MS Word 164 KB | PDF 84 KB

See also 310 CMR 7.00 above

Related: LEV Program Home Page
Web page

310 CMR 8.00: Prevention & Abatement of Air Pollution Episodes & Emergencies

PDF 117 KB

310 CMR 60.00: Air Pollution Control For Mobile Sources

Including Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection & Maintenance
PDF 412 KB

MassDEP has proposed revisions to these regulations

310 CMR 70.00: Environmental Results Program

Web page

 

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