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- Massachusetts General Laws - Creation; secretary; acting secretary; undersecretary - Chapter 21A, Section 1
[ First paragraph effective until April 10, 2007. For text effective April 10, 2007, see below.]There shall be an executive office of environmental affairs, hereinafter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties and functions; inter-agency information, services and plans; filing applications - Chapter 21A, Section 2
The office and its appropriate departments and divisions shall carry out the state environmental policy and in so doing they shall: (1) develop policies, plans, and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Functions of secretary; report - Chapter 21A, Section 3
The secretary shall conduct comprehensive planning with respect to the functions of the office and shall coordinate the activities and programs of the departments and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of secretary - Chapter 21A, Section 4
In order to enable him to coordinate and improve the operations of all departments, divisions and other administrative units within the office, the secretary shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Coastal zone management office - Chapter 21A, Section 4A
There is hereby established within the executive office of environmental affairs a coastal zone management office which shall be administered by a director who shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Office of geographic and environmental information. - Chapter 21A, Section 4B
There is hereby established within the executive office of environmental affairs an office of geographic and environmental information. Subject to appropriation, it shall be the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Program review boards; appointment; reports; expenses - Chapter 21A, Section 5
The secretary shall have the power to appoint one or more program review boards consisting of individuals who have demonstrated interest and competence in matters...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Experts and assistants; appointment; qualifications; classified employees; tenure - Chapter 21A, Section 6
Subject to appropriation, the secretary, with the approval of the governor, may appoint such experts and other assistants as he shall deem necessary to perform...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Departments; commissioners, appointment, removal, qualifications, functions, salary - Chapter 21A, Section 7
[ Text of section effective until July 2, 2008. For text effective July 2, 2008, see below.]In the executive office shall be an office of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Director of division of waterways; state geologist - Chapter 21A, Section 7A
Chapter 21A: Section 7A. Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 99
- Massachusetts General Laws - Organization of departments; powers, duties and functions. - Chapter 21A, Section 8
The department of environmental protection shall include the bureau of environmental sanitation and all the powers and duties assigned to said bureau which relate to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Water resources commission; members; terms. - Chapter 21A, Section 8A
There shall be established within the executive office of environmental affairs the water resources commission hereinafter in this section and in sections eight B to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Chairman; duties of commission - Chapter 21A, Section 8B
The secretary shall be chairman of said commission. The responsibilities and duties of said commission shall include:— (a) development of a water resources management policy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Water supply policy statement; update and report - Chapter 21A, Section 8C
The commission shall further be responsible for updating the Massachusetts water supply policy statement at intervals which shall not exceed five years. The commission shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations - Chapter 21A, Section 8D
The commission may establish rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper administration of sections eight A to eight F, inclusive, and shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Director; staff - Chapter 21A, Section 8E
The commission shall be staffed by a director appointed by the secretary, who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one nor the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Meetings; expenses; per diem - Chapter 21A, Section 8F
The commission shall meet at least once a month, on the second Monday, and may meet more often as the members may determine. The members...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Grants and gifts; expenditure; records - Chapter 21A, Section 9
The office may accept any gifts or grants of money or property, whether real or personal, from any source, public or private, including, but not...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Environmental Fund; additional funds; receipts; investment; office expenses - Chapter 21A, Section 10
Chapter 21A: Section 10. Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 112
- Massachusetts General Laws - Boating and recreational vehicle safety advisory board - Chapter 21A, Section 11
There is hereby established within the office of law enforcement an advisory board to be designated as the boating and recreational vehicle safety advisory board....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bicycle advisory board - Chapter 21A, Section 11A
There is hereby established within the executive office of transportation a bicycle and pedestrian advisory board. The board shall oversee the state’s bicycle and pedestrian...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations; adoption; review - Chapter 21A, Section 12
At least sixty days prior to the proposed promulgation by the secretary, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection or the commissioner of food...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State environmental code; adoption; preparation of sewage disposal systems; enforcement of code - Chapter 21A, Section 13
The commissioner of the department of environmental protection shall adopt, and from time to time amend, regulations to be known as the state environmental code....
- Massachusetts General Laws - System inspectors of on-site sewage disposal systems. - Chapter 21A, Section 13A
A system inspector of on-site sewage disposal systems, approved by the department of environmental protection, who performs an on-site inspection sewage disposal system under the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disposal of dredged materials - Chapter 21A, Section 14
The department of environmental protection is hereby authorized and directed to issue permits for the disposal of dredged materials within the marine boundaries of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1984, 372, Sec. 34 - Chapter 21A, Section 15
Chapter 21A: Section 15. Repealed, 1984, 372, Sec. 34
- Massachusetts General Laws - Civil administrative penalties. - Chapter 21A, Section 16
As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-- "Department'', the department of environmental protection. "Person'', any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Soil containing dangerous levels of lead; cover and disposal; regulations - Chapter 21A, Section 17
The department of environmental protection shall in consultation with the director of the childhood lead poisoning prevention program and the director of labor and workforce...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Permit application and compliance assurance fees; timely action schedules; regulations - Chapter 21A, Section 18
As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— “Advisory committee”, the advisory committee on fees...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Federal safe drinking water assessment; advisory committee. - Chapter 21A, Section 18A
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: “Advisory committee”, the advisory committee on...
Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions. - Chapter 21A, Section 19
As used in this section, and in sections nineteen A through nineteen J, inclusive, the words “final remedial response plan”, “hazardous material”, “imminent hazard”, “interim...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals. - Chapter 21A, Section 19A
There is hereby established within the executive office of environmental affairs the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals. The board shall consist...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations - Chapter 21A, Section 19B
(a) The board shall adopt, and may from time to time amend and repeal, regulations as it deems necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Licensing - Chapter 21A, Section 19C
The board may license individuals to be hazardous waste site cleanup professionals. Each application for an initial license or license renewal shall be accompanied by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - License requirement; regulations - Chapter 21A, Section 19D
Effective on and after one year after publication in the Massachusetts Register of the first regulations promulgated pursuant to section nineteen B, no person shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection of known or suspected sites; warrants - Chapter 21A, Section 19E
Personnel or authorized agents of the board or of the department may at all reasonable times enter any known or suspected site, vessel, or other...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; orders issued by board; notice to department - Chapter 21A, Section 19F
Whenever it appears that there is a violation of any provision of sections nineteen through nineteen J, inclusive, or of any regulation, license, or order...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Civil administrative penalties - Chapter 21A, Section 19G
(1) The board may assess a civil administrative penalty on a person who fails to comply with any provision of any regulation, order, or license...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adjudicatory hearings; judicial review - Chapter 21A, Section 19H
Any person aggrieved by a determination by the board and who has legal standing to do so, may request an adjudicatory hearing before the board...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Jurisdiction of superior court - Chapter 21A, Section 19I
The superior court department of the trial court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin violations of, or to grant such additional relief as it deems necessary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; penalties - Chapter 21A, Section 19J
Any person who violates section nineteen D, or who knowingly makes any materially false or inaccurate statement in any application, record, report, plan, design, or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Joint powers agreements; definitions; approval; administration. - Chapter 21A, Section 20
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Public agencies”, any city, town,...
Last modified: March 17, 2010
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