The Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup is charged with ensuring immediate and effective response to environmental emergencies, such as oil spills, as well as timely assessment and cleanup of oil and hazardous waste disposal sites by parties responsible for them.
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Important Notice: The MassDEP Waste Site Cleanup online file review system has experienced a failure.
1. eDEP is available for making new submittals. PRP's/LSP's can meet their deadlines by making submittals through eDEP at https://edep.dep.mass.gov/DEPLogin.aspx. You should be able to see all your past submissions through your eDEP homepage.
2. The BWSC File Viewer for eDEP is now functional. This application is for viewing those files that came in through eDEP, not the scanned files. The URL for the eDEP file viewer is http://public.dep.state.ma.us/wsc_viewer/main.aspx. The majority of reports submitted after January 1, 2009 are available through this viewer.
3. The Searchable Sites List is not yet consistently functional. This list provides access to basic information about a site and the status of cleanup. The URL for the searchable site list is http://public.dep.state.ma.us/SearchableSites/Search.asp. The link to available site files is not functioning. The BWSC File Viewer for eDEP files is available for electronically submitted files as described above. Scanned file availability is described below.
4. The scanned files database is not available. These files are due to be available starting Tuesday, February 14, 2012. We believe that the scanned files will become available as each batch of PDF documents is restored. The estimated time for completion of restoring all the scanned files is the end of February.
When files are not available, BWSC has reverted to past File Review practices to facilitate public access to site information. The NERO and CERO offices are most affected by this service failure as most of the previously available scanned documents were in those Regions.
*In the Northeast Regional Office (NERO/Wilmington), the traditional paper file review is still available. Instructions for making a file review appointment are available online at http://www.mass.gov/dep/about/region/northeas.htm#filereview. Please remember that such appointments are typically booked 7- to 14-days in advance.
*In the Central Regional Office (CERO/Worcester), MassDEP staff will provide electronic copies of requested files. Please contact the Service Center (http://www.mass.gov/dep/about/region/centralr.htm#filereview).
*File review procedures in the Southeast (SERO/Lakeville) and Western (WERO/Springfield) are unchanged, but the future availability of scanned files from these Regions will be delayed.
If you have any questions, please email BWSC.eDEP@state.ma.us. Thank-you for your patience.
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