Opening Remarks - MassDEP Updates at the 2009 MHOA Regional Seminars

This presentation by Gary Moran, Deputy Commissioner for Operations at MassDEP and Ed Kunce, Director of Environmental Response and Technical Support, provide a range of updates on Commissioner Laurie Burt's priorities, Solid Waste Master Plan, an overview of the field Assessment and Response Team (FAST), Indoor Air Quality/Vapor Intrusion, and energy related programs.

MS Powerpoint 270 KB | PDF 893 KB | MS Word 35 KB

Considerations in a Drinking Water Emergency

Using recent incidents as examples, this presentation focuses on the roles played by MassDEP and Boards of Health in an emergency situation affecting municipal water supplies. The presentation includes issues related to incident response, notification to the public, and returning to normal operations after the incident. Part of the presentation features an overview of issues faced by the Board of Health involved in a recent multi-day event.

MS Powerpoint 907 KB | PDF 2.7 MB | MS Word 53 KB

Air Quality Nuisance Complaints

This presentation covers the definition of a public water supply, description of varying types of wells, model well regulations and examples, common contaminants and their health effects, treatment options, testing, and source protection.

MS Powerpoint 3.5 MB | PDF 848 KB | MS Word 27 KB

Title 5 Innovative/Alternative Technologies Update

This presentation includes a case study of a nitrogen aggregation case, outlining the design, local BOH and MassDEP processes and considerations. The presentation also includes updates related to the I/A approval program.

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Regulating Outdoor Hydronic Heaters

This presentation includes a case study of a shared system serving new construction, outlining the design, local BOH and MassDEP processes and considerations, and keeping in mind the legal requirements. The presentation also includes information related to the Title 5 system inspection program and procedures for granting Local Upgrade Approvals and Variances in accordance with Title 5.

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Opening Remarks - MassDEP Updates at the 2008 MHOA Regional Seminars

This presentation by Ed Kunce, the Deputy Commissioner for Operations at MassDEP, provides a range of updates on Commissioner Laurie Burt's priorities, the Safe Neighborhoods Chemical Initiative, MassDEP's plans for a Mobile Lab, Emerging Contaminants, the Diesel Bus Retrofit Program, the Stormwater Program, and Brownfields Redevelopment.

MS Powerpoint 270 KB | PDF 893 KB | MS Word 35 KB

Emergencies Affecting Public Water Supplies: Roles and Issues for MassDEP and Boards of Health

Using recent incidents as examples, this presentation focuses on the roles played by MassDEP and Boards of Health in an emergency situation affecting municipal water supplies. The presentation includes issues related to incident response, notification to the public, and returning to normal operations after the incident. Part of the presentation features an overview of issues faced by the Board of Health involved in a recent multi-day event.

MS Powerpoint 907 KB | PDF 2.7 MB | MS Word 53 KB

Private Well Considerations

This presentation covers the definition of a public water supply, description of varying types of wells, model well regulations and examples, common contaminants and their health effects, treatment options, testing, and source protection.

MS Powerpoint 3.5 MB | PDF 848 KB | MS Word 27 KB

Title 5 Part 1 - Nitrogen Loading Aggregation Plan

This presentation includes a case study of a nitrogen aggregation case, outlining the design, local BOH and MassDEP processes and considerations. The presentation also includes updates related to the I/A approval program.

MS Powerpoint 1 MB | PDF 889 KB | MS Word 27 KB

Title 5 Part 2 - Shared System Case Study

This presentation includes a case study of a shared system serving new construction, outlining the design, local BOH and MassDEP processes and considerations, and keeping in mind the legal requirements. The presentation also includes information related to the Title 5 system inspection program and procedures for granting Local Upgrade Approvals and Variances in accordance with Title 5.

MS Powerpoint 628 KB | PDF 398 KB | MS Word 30 KB

Top Ten Solid Waste Topics

This presentation includes an update on recent developments, including electronic wastes, unwanted pharmaceutical waste, mercury products, construction/demolition debris, debris from disasters, a new Solid Waste Management Plan, and more.

MS Powerpoint 119 KB | PDF 155 KB | MS Word 35 KB

MCP/21E 101

MassDEP oversees the assessment and cleanup of oil and hazardous materials releases such as roadway spills, underground storage tank leaks, gas station and drycleaner groundwater and soil cleanups, and brownfields sites.  This presentation includes information about when to notify of a spill, what to tell a homeowner with a leaking oil tank, how to get more information about a hazardous waste site, who is responsible for cleaning up spills, how long does a cleanup take, what is an LSP, how spills of chemicals -- such as mercury -- are addressed, and why do I keep receiving all these site cleanup documents in the mail?!

MS Powerpoint 4.4 MB | PDF 810 KB | MS Word 49 KB

Questions & Answers from the 2008 MHOA Seminars

Questions that came up during the 2008 seminars and answers provided by MassDEP.
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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:
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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:
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Checklist:
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