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Regulations ArchiveThe following versions of MassDEP regulations available for download have been superseded and are no longer applicable. They are provided for historical reference only. Fee Regulation Package 2009-1 - June 2009 Final Fee Regulation Amendments, June 26, 2009 PROPOSED 2009-2 Regulation Package - February 20, 2009 Fee Regulation Package 2009-2 310 CMR 4.00, 314 CMR 7.00, & 257 CMR 2.00 Timely Action Schedule and Fee Regulations, Sewer System Extensions and Connection Permits, and Treatment Systems Exempt from Certified Operator Requirements 310 CMR 4.00 & 310 CMR 42.00: Timely Action Schedule & Fee Regulations and Certification & Operation of Environmental Analysis Laboratories Proposed Regulations - Timely Action Schedule and Fee 310 CMR 5.00 Administrative Penalty Regulations Proposed Regulations ARCHIVED Proposed 310 CMR 4.00 & 310 CMR 42: Timely Action Schedule and Fee Regulations and Certification and Operation of Environmental Analysis Laboratories (2007 - 2) March 2007 Response to Comments for 310 CMR 4.00 310 CMR 6.00 & 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed Amendments to Massachusetts Ambient Air Quality Standards - July 2009 In July 2009, MassDEP proposed revisions to 310 CMR 6.00 that would have made the Massachusetts air quality standards for particulate matter and ozone consistent with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Because EPA is planning to issue revised NAAQS for particulate matter and ozone in 2011, MassDEP has decided not to proceed with revisions to 310 CMR 6.00 until EPA promulgates the new final NAAQS for these pollutants. 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq: Stage II Vapor Recovery Amendments - March 2009 Proposed Consumer Product Amendments 310 CMR 7.00, Appendix B(7): Proposed Emission Banking, Trading & Averaging Amendments - February 2008 Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 7.00 (Appendix B), 310 CMR 7.29 & 310 CMR 7.70: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Budget Trading Program: CO2 Budget Trading Program Auction - July 2007 310 CMR 7.00: Boiler, Engine, Turbine & Environmental Results Program Amendments - March 2007 MassDEP Response to Comments 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Visible Emissions, Truck Testing & VOC Definition Amendments - June 2006 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Biotechnology Amendments - November 2005 Plan Approval exemptions for biotechnology laboratories and surface disinfection processes. 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Engine & Combustion Turbine Amendments - September 2005 MS Word 88 KB | PDF 100 KB Background Document & Proposed Regulations - May 2004 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed Opacity Amendments - August 2005 These amendments would exempt five compounds from the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for consistency with federal rules, impose visible emission limits on certain facilities that are required to have Operating Permits, and expand the time period during which gasoline tank trucks are required to be tested for vapor leak tightness. Public hearings are scheduled for October 18, 2005, in Boston and October 19, 2005, in Springfield. 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed Biotechnology Amendments - May 2005 Public hearing draft of proposed Plan Approval exemptions for biotechnology laboratories and surface disinfection processes 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed Air Pollution Control Amendments - January 2004 Background/technical support document 310 CMR 7.00 and 310 CMR 4.00: IWSA et. al. v. Liss, Civil Action No. 99-11906EFH - April 2001 Final agreement settling a lawsuit brought against MassDEP by two municipal waste combustors and their trade association over the 1998 Municipal Waste Combustor Rule. 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed MassDEP Operating Permit Program Amendments - March 2001 Background document 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed Air Pollution Control Enhancements - August 2001 Index 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed Air Pollution Control Revisions - March 2000 PDF 163 KB 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq.: Proposed Air Pollution Control Amendments (New Source Review) - December 1999 Background information 310 CMR 7.00 & 310 CMR 4.00: Municipal Waste Combustors - April 1998 PDF 196 KB 310 CMR 7.02: Proposed Air Permit Streamlining Regulations - September 2008 Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 7.02 & 310 CMR 7.29: Amendments to Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) Massachusetts State Plan - June 2007 Final amendments, showing changes 310 CMR 7.08(2): Municipal Waste Combustor Amendments - October 2001 MS Word 26 KB 310 CMR 7.08(5): Draft Hospital/Medical Waste Incinerator Regulations - April 2001 Background document 310 CMR 7.24(6)a: Stage II Vapor Recovery Revisions - September 2000 See 310 CMR 7.00 et. seq. | MS Word 128 KB 310 CMR 7.24(6): Proposed Stage II Vapor Recovery Revisions - December 1999 Zipped MS Word 56 KB | PDF 149 KB 310 CMR 7.24 (9): Proposed Regulations on Dispensing E85 Blended Gasoline - December 2008 Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 7.25: Amendments to Best Available Controls for Consumer & Commercial Products - October 2007 MassDEP Response to Public Comments 310 CMR 7.26(10)-(16): Proposed Amendments to Environmental Results Program (ERP) Dry Cleaner Regulation Background Document & Proposed Changes 310 CMR 7.26(30)-(37): Performance Standards for Boilers (Environmental Results Program) 310 CMR 7.26 (45): Proposed Combined Heat & Power Regulations - March 2008 Background Document & Proposed Changes 310 CMR 7.26(50) through (54): Proposed Outdoor Hydronic Heaters (Wood-Fired Boiler) Regulations - May 2008 Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 7.27 and 310 CMR 7.28: Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions - August 1999 MassDEP response to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NOx SIP Call and state commitments under the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) memorandum of understanding on NOx. 310 CMR 7.28 & 310 CMR 7.32: NOx Allowance Trading Reinstatement & Mass CAIR Rescission Proposed Revisions 310 CMR 7.28: NOx Allowance Trading Program Amendments - February 2005 Response to comments 310 CMR 7.28: NOx Allowance Trading Program Amendments - February 2005 310 CMR 7.28: NOx Allowance Trading Program - July 2004 MS Word 155 KB | PDF 259KB 310 CMR 7.28: Proposed Public Benefit Set Aside Amendments to NOx Allowance Trading Program - April 2003 Background/technical support document 310 CMR 7.28: Proposed NOx Allowance Trading Program Revisions - April 2000 MassDEP proposed State Implementation Plan (SIP) and regulatory revisions. 310 CMR 7.28: NOx Allowance Trading Program - July 1999 Final regulations (superseded) 310 CMR 7.29 & 310 CMR 7.00: Appendix B Greenhouse Gas Emission Implementation Amendments - September 2006 Final Revisions 310 CMR 7.29: Emissions Standards for Power Plants - May 2004 MS Word 66 KB 310 CMR 7.29: Mercury Regulations for Power Plants - May 2004 Final amendments 310 CMR 7.29: Draft Mercury Regulations for Power Plants - October 2003 Technical support document 310 CMR 7.29: Emissions Standards for Power Plants - April 2001 Statement of reasons 310 CMR 7.32 & 310 CMR 7.28: Massachusetts Clean Air Interstate Rule (Mass CAIR) & NOx Allowance Trading Amendments - April 2007 Changes from Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 7.36: Transit System Improvement Amendments - December 2006 The amendments include substitute projects for the three remaining transit projects required as air quality mitigation measures for the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project. 310 CMR 7.38: Proposed Technical Amendments - December 2005 Proposed amendments 310 CMR 7.38: Proposed Tunnel Ventilation Certification Amendments - May 2005 The amendments would revise Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District emissions monitoring requirements pertaining to full transverse ventilation and longitudinal ventilation. 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards - December 2010 MassDEP Response to Public Comments, March 2011 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Amendments - November 2009 Proposed Amendments 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Smog Index Label Amendments - November 2008 Proposed Amendments (showing changes) 310 CMR 7.40: Low Emission Vehicles - December 2005 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) revisions 310 CMR 7.40: Low Emission Vehicles - November 2005 Alternative Compliance Plans 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Greenhouse Gas Amendments - September 2005 These proposed amendments to the Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) program would adopt California's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) exhaust emission standards and test procedures for passenger cars, light-duty trucks and medium-duty passenger vehicles. The standards will apply beginning with model year 2009 vehicles. A public hearing is scheduled for October 17, 2005, in Boston. 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Amendments - May 2005 Would allow automobile manufacturers to earn and apply credits to their Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) obligations through the early voluntary introduction of cleaner, advanced technology vehicles in Massachusetts. 310 CMR 7.40: Low Emission Vehicles - June 2004 California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate consistency 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Low Emission Vehicle Amendments - January 2004 Background/technical support document 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Low Emission Vehicle Amendments - January 2003 California ZEV mandate adoption and alternative compliance plans 310 CMR 7.40: Proposed Low Emission Vehicle Amendments - December 2001 California "NTE" diesel engine standards adoption 310 CMR 7.71: Proposed Amendments to Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Regulation - March 2009 Proposed Amendments (showing changes from December 2008 emergency regulation) 310 CMR 7.71: Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation - December 2008 Final Emergency Regulation 310 CMR 16.00: Modifications to the Site Assignment Regulations - June 2001 Summary of final modifications 310 CMR 16.00: Modifications to the Site Assignment Regulations - December 1996 Proposed modifications 314 CMR 18.00: Proposed Industrial Wastewater Holding Tank Public Regulation - July 2002 Public comments and MassDEP responses 310 CMR 19.000, 310 CMR 74.00, 310 CMR 75.00 & 310 CMR 76.00: Proposed Mercury-Added Product Regulations, Phase 2 - Sales Bans, Labeling & Disposal Prohibition Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 19.000: Proposed Solid Waste Management Facility Revisisions - October 2005 Handouts from information session 310 CMR 19.000: Proposed Solid Waste Management Facility Revisions - July 2004 Background document 310 CMR 19.000: Solid Waste Management Facility Modifications - December 1996 PDF 114 KB 310 CMR 19.000: Draft Landfill Mining/Reclamation Regulations - December 1996 PDF 46 KB 310 CMR 19.006 & 310 CMR 19.017: Proposed Clean Gypsum Wallboard Disposal Ban Amendments - May 2010 MassDEP Response to Public Comments, November 2010 310 CMR 19.300: Proposed Solid Waste Facility Regulation Amendments, Class II Recycling Programs - February 2009 Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 30.000 Amendments: Proposed Adoption of Federal Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) Program, May 2009 Proposed Regulations 310 CMR 30.000: Revisions to Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Regulations, May 2009 Including revised definitions and technical corrections needed to clarify the regulatory status of specific wastes.Final Revisions MS Word 63 KB | PDF 28 KB MassDEP Response to Comments on Proposed Revisions MS Word 52 KB | PDF 59 KB Proposed Regulations, December 2008 MS Word 128 KB | PDF 177 KB 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed RCRA Corrective Action Revisions - January 2007 Complete package, including proposed regulations & background 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed Hazardous Waste Manifest Revisions - October 2006 MassDEP Response to Comments on draft manifest amendments, July 2007 310 CMR 30.000: Elementary Neutralization Amendments - November 2005 Adopted with MassDEP's Biotechnology package but applicable to all generators of hazardous waste, these amendments waived requirements for elementary neutralization of hazardous waste in tanks and containers, and other wastes and activities that are adequately regulated or are determined to pose insignificant hazards. 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed Dredged Materials Management Amendments - 2005 Draft amendments 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed Biotechnology Amendments - March 2005 Proposed waiver of requirements for elementary neutralization of hazardous waste by generators in tanks and containers, and other wastes and activities that are adequately regulated or that are determined to pose insignificant hazards. 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed Hazardous Waste Amendments - September 2003 310 CMR 30.000: Summary of Public Hearing Comments - October 2003 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed Hazardous Waste & Fee Revisions - November 2002 Summary of proposed revisions, comments received and MassDEP responses 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed "Project XL" Hazardous Waste Amendments - April 2001 MS Word 1.3 MB 310 CMR 30.000: Proposed Hazardous Waste Transporter Revisions - March 2000 MS Word 109 KB | PDF 51 KB 310 CMR 40.00: The Massachusetts Contingency Plan The Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup maintains copies of old versions of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan. Please contact BWSC.information@state.ma.us for information. 310 CMR 50.00: Proposed Phase II Revisions to Toxics Use Reduction Regulations - June 2007 MassDEP is proposing regulatory amendments intended to implement statutory changes that affect planning requirements under the Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA), including new options for resource conservation planning and environmental management systems. 310 CMR 50.00: Proposed Toxics Use Reduction Amendments - January 2007 MassDEP response to comments on January 2007 draft amendments 310 CMR 50.00: Toxics Use Reduction Amendments - October 2004 Made administrative changes to certain TURA reporting, planning and continuing education requirements. 310 CMR 50.00: Toxics Use Reduction Amendments, 1997-2004 Superseded in October 2004 and no longer in effect. For reference only. 310 CMR 60.02: Motor Vehicle Inspection & Maintenance Program Regulations - September 2008 Final Amendments 310 CMR 60.02: Draft Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection & Maintenance Revisions (OBD Emissions Testing) - August 2002 Background document 310 CMR 70.00, 310 CMR 74.00 & 310 CMR 75.00: Proposed Mercury in Products Regulations, Phase I - March 2007 Amendments to existing regulations and new chapters would implement provisions of the Massachusetts Mercury Management Act calling for removal of mercury-added vehicle switches and collection/recycling of mercury-added lamps and other products. 310 CMR 73.00: Amalgam Wastewater & Recycling Regulations for Dental Facilities - March 2006 Redline/strikeout version, showing changes from public hearing draft 310 CMR 30.00, 310 CMR 70.00 & 310 CMR 73.00: Amalgam Wastewater & Recycling Regulations for Dental Facilities - August 2005 These proposed regulations would require dentists to install and properly operate amalgam separators and recycle their mercury-containing amalgam wastes, August 2005. Public hearings will be held during the week of October 3, 2005. The public comment period closed on October 28, 2005. For additional information, contact Jim Paterson, 617-556-1096 or James.Paterson@state.ma.us. 310 CMR 80.01 & 80.02: Underground Storage Tank Operator Training & Certification Emergency Regulations - May 2011 Emergency Regulations 314 CMR 19.00: Oil Spill Prevention and Response The Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup maintains copies of old versions of the Oil Spill Regulations. Please contact BWSC.information@state.ma.us for information. 225 CMR 14.00 et. seq.: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - July 2005 Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources (DOER) and MassDEP joint Notice of Inquiry soliciting public comment on possible revisions that would establish clear air quality standards for facilities that use "low-emission, advanced biomass power conversion technologies" to burn wood and/or other "biomass" fuels to generate electricity. |
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