For presentations at the 2008 MassDEP-MHOA Seminars, see http://mass.gov/dep/service/outreach/mhoapres.htm.

On the Horizon - MassDEP Updates at the 2007 MHOA Regional Seminars

This presentation by Ed Kunce, the Deputy Commissioner for Operations at MassDEP, provides a range of updates on MassDEP's Budget, priorities of Governor Patrick's Administration affecting MassDEP, and more detailed summarizes of several environmental topics of interest.  More specifically, these topics of interest are: Outdoor Wood-Fired Boilers (OWBs); the School Bus Diesel Retrofit Program; Asbestos-In-Soil (AIS), Emerging Contaminants, and the new Mercury Law (Chapter 190, Acts of 2006).

MS Powerpoint 119 KB | PDF 121 KB | MS Word 38 KB

Avian Flu and Other Carcass Management Planning

A review of Massachusetts' proposed approach and planning for managing bird carcasses and associated debris infected with avian flu. The presentation also addresses how similar approaches will be applied to planning for management of other animal carcasses.

MS Powerpoint 142 KB | PDF 29 KB | MS Word 35 KB

MassDEP Solid Waste Bans

A summary of the background to, and categories of, solid waste that are banned by MassDEP from being disposed of at solid waste facilities (landfills, transfer stations, incinerators).  The presentation also discusses the roles and responsibilities of municipical officials and MassDEP regarding the waste bans and summarizes new developments in the area and information resources for municipal officials and businesses.

MS Powerpoint 405 KB | PDF 461 KB | MS Word 35 KB

Overview of Recent MassDEP Sewer Regulation Revisions

A summary of the background to, and the goals and content of, MassDEP's revisions to its regulations at 314 CMR 7.00, which govern sewer extensions and sewer connections of sanitary and industrial wastewater discharges. These revisions to the sewer regulations went into effect on January 12, 2007. While the substance of the presentation is the same for each region, the region-specific version includes a list of MassDEP contacts that region for answering questions about sanitary and industrial wastewater sewer connections.

Northeast Region:
MS Powerpoint 215 KB | PDF 562 KB | MS Word 34 KB

Southeast Region:
MS Powerpoint 204 KB | PDF 562 KB | MS Word 35 KB

Cape Cod Office:
MS Powerpoint 203 KB | PDF 562 KB | MS Word 35 KB

Central Region:
MS Powerpoint 203 KB | PDF 562 KB | MS Word 34 KB

Western Region:
MS Powerpoint 203 KB | PDF 562 KB | MS Word 35 KB

MassDEP Candid Camera Initiative Update

This presentation summarizes the background to, the goals of, and an update on MassDEP's "Candid Camera" initiative, which uses survelliance cameras to catch illegal dumpers in the act and to penalize them. The presentation includes information on how municipalities may request MassDEP's assistance in targeting illegal dumpers in their communities and to establish their own survelliance camera programs, and contains depictions and descriptions of the range of equipment available for use in the program.

MS Powerpoint 7.5 MB | PDF 2 MB

Title 5 Back to Basics and a Title 5 Plan Checklist

This presentation provides a refresher course for local board of health officials on the site evaluation, design, permitting, and inspection provisions of the MassDEP regulations at 310 CMR 15.000 governing on-site sewage disposal systems (Title 5).  Also included is a detailed checklist for use by board of health officials in reviewing the adequacy of plans for systems requesting permit approval under Title 5.

Presentation:
MS Powerpoint 483 KB | PDF 688 KB | MS Word 57 KB

Checklist:
MS Excel 43 KB | PDF 19 KB