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Performance Standards - Environmental Health (N - Z)

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Nuisances

Learn more about this topic on Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health - Community Sanitation Program.

M.G.L. c. 111, s. 122 

Examine all nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness

M.G.L. c. 111, s. 123 

Order abatement of any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness

Recreational Camps for Children

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105 CMR 430  

Enforce State Sanitary Code IV: Minimum Standards for Recreational Camps for Children

M.G.L. c. 111, s. 127A½  

Enforce 105 CMR 432: Minimum Requirements for Personal Flotation Devices for Minor Children at Municipal and Recreational Programs and Camps

105 CMR 432  

Enforce 105 CMR 432: Minimum Requirements for Personal Flotation Devices for Minor Children at Municipal and Recreational Programs and Camps

Sanitary Sewer Outbreak

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314 CMR 16 

Conduct notification requirements of sewage pollution

Slaughterhouses and Noisome Trade

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M.G.L. c. 111, s. 143 

Assign location for slaughterhouses or other noxious or offensive trade

M.G.L. c.111 s.151 

Provide written consent for slaughterhouses and other noisome trades in towns of more than 5,000 people

Solid Waste

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310 CMR 19 

Enforce 310 CMR 19: Solid Waste Management Facility Regulations

Stables

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M.G.L. c. 111, s. 155 

License stables in communities of more than 5,000 residents

State Sanitary Codes

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105 CMR 400 

Enforce State Sanitary Code I: General Administrative Procedures

M.G.L. c. 111, s. 127A 

Enforce State Sanitary Code

Swimming Pools

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105 CMR 435 

Enforce State Sanitary Code V: Sanitary Standards for Swimming Pools

Title 5

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310 CMR 15 

Enforce State Environmental Code Title 5: Standard Requirements for the Siting, Construction, Inspection, Upgrade and Expansion of On-Site Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems and for the Transport and Disposal of Septage

Transportation of Waste

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M.G.L. c. 111, s.31A 

Issue permits for the removal or transportation of garbage, offal, or offensive substances when such refuse has been collected in the city or town. Keep registry of all transporters of refuse through the city or town

M.G.L. c. 111, s.31B 

Make rules and regulations for the removal, transportation and disposal of garbage, offal and other offensive substances

Water Fluoridation

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M.G.L. c. 111, s. 8C 

At the request of the Commissioner, boards of health shall investigate water fluoridation levels and increase as necessary

Water Pollution

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314 CMR 16 

Issue public health warnings and post signage as indicated in 314 CMR 16: Notification Requirements to Promote Public Awareness of Sewage Pollution, as needed

Water Supply

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M.G.L. c. 111, s. 26F 

Annually publish a list of hazardous chemicals which are present in the municipal water supply in concentrations greater than fifty percent of the suggested action guidelines

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