Performance Standards - Environmental Health (A - M)

Enforce applicable sections of the Air Pollution Control Regulation, including noise and idling

Regulate and control atmospheric pollution

Enforce asbestos disposal regulations and abatement notification

Enforce State Sanitary Code Chapter VII: Minimum Standards for Bathing Beaches

Enforce State Sanitary Code Chapter VII: Minimum Standards for Bathing Beaches

Issue emergency permits to trap beavers, and/or to breach beaver dams, if a threat to life or safety exists

Receive death certificates

Approve new cemeteries and expand existing cemeteries

Provide burial permits and permits for the removal of bodies

License funeral directors

Use the authority granted in 105 CMR 120.831 (L): The Control of Radiation on environmental monitoring programs

Enforce 105 CMR 123: Tanning Facilities

Enforce State Sanitary Code Chapter VI: Minimum Standards for Developed Family Type Campgrounds

Enforce State Sanitary Code Chapter III: Farm Labor Camps, if directed by the Department of Public Health

Enforce State Sanitary Code Chapter III: Farm Labor Camps, if directed by the Department of Public Health

Enforce 105 CMR 500: Good Manufacturing Practices for Food

Enforce State Sanitary Code Chapter X: Minimum Sanitation Standards for Food Establishments

Permit facilities that are manufacturing or bottling carbonated non-alcoholic beverages or water, both carbonated and noncarbonated, for human consumption

Appoint an inspector of milk in cities

Permit anyone who wishes to sell milk in cities or towns where an inspector of milk is appointed

License and inspect establishments for the pasteurization of milk

License all frozen dessert manufacturers

Inspect all cold storage or refrigerating warehouses

Issue a license for the breaking and canning of eggs in communities over 5,000 residents

Enforce statutes and regulations relative to the adulteration and misbranding of food [Please note: referenced citations should be taken as a set to understand full intent]

Enforce prohibition of importation of shellfish which have not been certified by a United States or foreign shellfish regulating agency

Assign sites for storage, treatment, or disposal of hazardous waste

License and inspect all recreational camps for children, family style campgrounds, motels, mobile home parks, and cabins; and annually issue licenses for these facilities

License and inspect all recreational camps for children, family style campgrounds, motels, mobile home parks, and cabins; and annually issue licenses for these facilities

Inspect public boarding houses prior to licensing to certify the building is provided with a sufficient number of water closets and urinals and with good and sufficient means of ventilation

Enforce State Sanitary Code II: Minimum Standards for Human Habitation

Enforce State Sanitary Code XI: Requirements to Maintain Air Quality in Indoor Ice Skating Rinks

Enforce 310 CMR 16: Site Assignments for Solid Waste Facilities

Enforce 310 CMR 16: Site Assignments for Solid Waste Facilities

Enforce 105 CMR 460: Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control

Enforce 105 CMR 460: Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control

Receive notifications of lead abatement as described in 454 CMR 22

Enforce Sanitary Code Chapter VIII: Minimum Requirements for the Management of Medical or Biological Waste