Regulations & Standards
310 CMR 6.00: Ambient Air Quality Standards
PDF 82 KB
Related: Massachusetts Air Guideline Values
Web page
310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Air Pollution Control Regulations
PDF 3.7 MB
Note: Current through administrative corrections of July 2011. MassDEP has
proposed amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting regulations at 310 CMR 7.71.
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 (Vehicle Idling)
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, Outdoor Hydronic Heaters
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
7.71 Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting
Appendices
310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Amendments, Consumer Products & Solvent Metal Degreasing
Final Regulations Showing Changes: VOCs, Consumer Products & Paint Spray Booths
MS Word 41 KB | PDF 22 KB
See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
Summary of Public Comments & MassDEP Responses: VOCs, Consumer Products & Paint Spray Booths
MS Word 40 KB | PDF 52 KB
Final Regulation Showing Changes: Solvent Metal Degreasing
MS Word 60 KB | PDF 26 KB
Fact Sheet: Solvent Metal Degreasing Regulatory Update
MS Word 95 KB | PDF 33 KB
Guidance: Implementing RACT Standards for Facilities that Utilize Cold Cleaning Degreasing
Web page
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: 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
See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
Background Information
Web page
310 CMR 7.02: Air Permit Streamlining Regulations
Final Amendments, July 2009
MS Word 64 KB | PDF 66 KB
See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
MassDEP Response to Public Comments on Proposed Amendments
MS Word 69 KB | PDF 133 KB
Background Information on September 2008 Proposed Amendments
Web page
310 CMR 7.11: Massachusetts Vehicle Idling Regulation
Web page
310 CMR 7.16: Massachusetts Rideshare Regulation
See 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
Massachusetts Rideshare Program Home Page
Web page
310 CMR 7.24 (9): Regulations on Dispensing E85 Motor Fuel/Ethanol Blends - December 2009
Final Regulations
MS Word 125 KB | PDF 39 KB
See 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
MassDEP Response to Public Comments
MS Word 60 KB | PDF 62 KB
Background Information on December 2008 Proposed 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
Related Fact Sheet: Air Pollution Control Requirements for Architectural & Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings, January 2009
Web page
310 CMR 7.26(10)-(16): Amendments to Environmental Results Program (ERP) Dry Cleaner Regulation
Final Amendments, September 2008
MS Word 97 KB | PDF 77 KB
See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
MassDEP Response to Comments
MS Word 60 KB | PDF 67 KB
Background Information on September 2008 Amendments
Web page
310 CMR 7.26(50) through (54): Outdoor Hydronic Heaters (Wood-Fired Boilers)
Regulations - Effective December 26, 2008
MS Word 123 KB | PDF 99 KB
See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
MassDEP Response to Public Comments
MS Word 327 KB | PDF 105 KB
Fact Sheet
MS Word 85 KB | PDF 43 KB
Background Information on December 2008 Amendments
Web page
Related: OHH Compliance Certification Form, Instructions & Return to Compliance Plan
Web page
Related: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) List of Cleaner-Burning Phase 2 OHH Units
EPA web site
Related: List of Massachusetts-Certified Outdoor Hydronic Heaters*
Web page
*Only EPA Phase 2 units are eligible for MassDEP certification to be sold in Massachusetts after December 26, 2008.
310 CMR 7.28 & 310 CMR 7.32: NOx Allowance Trading & Massachusetts Clean Air Interstate Rule (MassCAIR)
The Future of MassCAIR (310 CMR 7.32)
Presentation from December 13, 2012, Stakeholder Meeting
MS Powerpoint 826 KB | PDF 197 KB
Background information on withdrawn regulatory changes
Web page
Current Mass CAIR 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 7.38: 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 (showing March 2011 Greenhouse Gas Emission amendments)
MS Word 182 KB | PDF 95 KB
See also 310 CMR 7.00 above
Background Information on March 2011 Amendments (including MassDEP Response to Public Comments)
Web page
Related: LEV Program Home Page
Web page
310 CMR 7.71: Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations
Note: MassDEP has proposed amendments to these regulations.
Final Regulations, June 2009
MS Word 108 KB | PDF 46 KB
See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
Public Comments Received on Amendments to Emergency Regulation
MS Word 242 KB | PDF 150 KB
MassDEP Response to Public Comments
MS Word 137 KB | PDF 76 KB
Applicability Information
Web page
Background Information on December 2008 Emergency Regulation & June 2009 Amendments
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, Current through September 2008 amendments
PDF 391 KB
See also 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. above
Background Information on September 2008 amendments
Web page
Related: 540 CMR 4.00, Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) Annual Inspection Regulations
Note: This file is hosted on RMV's web site and will open in a new browser window.
PDF
310 CMR 70.00: Environmental Results Program
Web page