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Frequently Asked Questions on the Waste Site Cleanup Program
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Site Cleanup Program - General Questions

2024 MCP Amendments Questions & Answers

  • August 11, 2025 – The document below contains all Q&As related to the 2024 MCP amendments.  The complete Q&A document has three (3) main sections:
    • General Q&A - except Subpart I (added August 11, 2025)
    • Subpart I - Risk Characterization (added November 1, 2024)
    • Climate Change (added March 29, 2024)
  • 2024 MCP Amendments Q&A

Open PDF file, 1.17 MB,  Master MCP Q&A: 1993-2018 (English, PDF 1.17 MB)
Open DOCX file, 229.61 KB,  Master MCP Q&A: 1993-2018 (English, DOCX 229.61 KB)
Open PDF file, 265.69 KB,  New MCP Questions and Answers in support of the amendments to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (310 CMR 40.0000) published April 25, 2014 (fully effective June 20, 2014) (English, PDF 265.69 KB)
Open PDF file, 477.39 KB,  New MCP Questions and Answers in support of the amendments to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (310 CMR 40.0000) published March 1, 2024 (English, PDF 477.39 KB)

Brownfields

Open DOC file, 121.5 KB,  Frequently Asked Questions: MassDEP Brownfields Program (English, DOC 121.5 KB)

Community Concerns

Open PDF file, 331.35 KB,  FAQ: Community Concerns About Contaminated Properties (English, PDF 331.35 KB)

Compendium of Analytical Methods (CAM)

Open PDF file, 312.23 KB,  Questions & Answers about the CAM (English, PDF 312.23 KB)

eDEP & Electronic Filing

Open PDF file, 331.59 KB,  eDEP and Waste Site Cleanup: Frequently Asked Questions (English, PDF 331.59 KB)
Open PDF file, 131.44 KB,  Reporting Incomplete or Misfiled Electronic Documents (English, PDF 131.44 KB)

Fees

Open PDF file, 218.12 KB,  Answers to the Most Common Questions about MassDEP Fees (2018) (English, PDF 218.12 KB)

Frequently Asked Questions about Annual Compliance Fees and other MCP-related fees. (Updated December 2018)

COVID-19 Related Questions

MCP Q&A: COVID-19 Edition 

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