General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 21C Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act
- Massachusetts General Laws - Short title - Chapter 21C, Section 1
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act”.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 21C, Section 2
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, when used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: “Collect”, to gather at...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hazardous waste advisory committee - Chapter 21C, Section 3
There is hereby established within the department a hazardous waste advisory committee to provide consultation to the department concerning matters covered by this chapter. The...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Division of hazardous waste; duties of department - Chapter 21C, Section 4
The department shall establish a division of hazardous waste which shall be administered by a director appointed by the commissioner and who shall serve at...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Collection, transportation, storage, etc., of hazardous waste; prohibited acts - Chapter 21C, Section 5
No person shall collect, transport, store, dispose of, treat, use or transport hazardous waste in a manner which could endanger human health, safety or welfare,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Collection, storage, etc., of hazardous waste at generation site; regulations - Chapter 21C, Section 6
The department shall establish such regulations concerning the collection, storage, treatment, use or disposal of hazardous wastes at the site of generation as it deems...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste; licenses; underground drinking water sources - Chapter 21C, Section 7
The department may license persons to undertake the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste. The department shall grant a license to construct, maintain...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Entry of premises; warrants; enforcement of law - Chapter 21C, Section 8
Personnel or authorized agents of the department may at all reasonable times enter any premises, public or private, for the purpose of investigating, sampling or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; orders by department - Chapter 21C, Section 9
Whenever it appears that there is a violation of any provision of this chapter or any license, order, approval or regulation issued or adopted thereunder,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; presumption; penalties; jurisdiction - Chapter 21C, Section 10
Any violation of this chapter, or of any regulation, order, license, or approval made thereunder shall be presumed to constitute irreparable harm to the public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adjudicatory hearings; judicial review - Chapter 21C, Section 11
Any person aggrieved by a determination by the department to issue, deny, modify, revoke or suspend any license or approval, or to issue an order,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disclosure of information - Chapter 21C, Section 12
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department pursuant to the provisions of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - [There is no 21C:13.] - Chapter 21C, Section 13
[There is no
- Massachusetts General Laws - Property subject to seizure and forfeiture - Chapter 21C, Section 14
The following property shall be subject to seizure by members of the state police, environmental police officers, and local police and to forfeiture to the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 15 to 30 - Chapter 21C, Section 15
As used in sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Commissioner”, the commissioner...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 15 - Chapter 21C, Section 16 17
Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insolvency fund; impaired or insolvent licensees; defense or payment of potential covered claims; limits - Chapter 21C, Section 18
(a) If a licensee is an impaired licensee, the insolvency fund may, in its discretion and subject to any conditions imposed by the insolvency fund,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Civil action; notice; payment of judgment exceeding insurance and assets; standing of insolvency fund - Chapter 21C, Section 19
(1) Any person who commences a civil action against a licensee for damages arising out of an occurrence or occurrences in the commonwealth of unintentional...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Subrogation and contribution rights of insolvency fund - Chapter 21C, Section 20
(1) Any person receiving payment of a covered claim or potential covered claim under this chapter shall be deemed to have assigned the rights to,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers of insolvency fund - Chapter 21C, Section 21
(1) The insolvency fund, subject to the supervisory authority of the commissioner and as provided in the plan of operation, may: (a) enter into such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assessments for funds necessary to carry out powers and duties of the insolvency fund; refunds - Chapter 21C, Section 22
(1) For the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the insolvency fund, the board of directors shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Plan of operation of insolvency fund - Chapter 21C, Section 23
(1) The insolvency fund shall submit to the commissioner a plan of operation and any amendments thereto necessary or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appeals; judicial review - Chapter 21C, Section 24
Any action of the board of directors or the insolvency fund may be appealed to the commissioner by any generator or any person adversely affected...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Detection and prevention of licensee insolvencies or impairments - Chapter 21C, Section 25
To aid in the detection and prevention of licensee insolvencies or impairments: (1) The commissioner may seek the advice and recommendations of the board of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Records of negotiations and meetings; insolvency fund as creditor - Chapter 21C, Section 26
(1) Records shall be kept of all negotiations and meetings in which the insolvency fund or its representatives are involved to discuss the activities of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Examination and regulation of insolvency fund; reports - Chapter 21C, Section 27
The insolvency fund shall be subject to examination and regulation by the commissioner. The board of directors shall submit to the commissioner each year, not...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tax exemptions - Chapter 21C, Section 28
The insolvency fund shall be exempt from payment of all taxes levied by the commonwealth or any of its subdivisions, except taxes levied on real
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assessment of licensees - Chapter 21C, Section 29
Until such time as the insolvency fund ceases to exist, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection is hereby authorized to make an annual...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insufficient funds; liability of commonwealth - Chapter 21C, Section 30
In the event that the monies in the insolvency fund are insufficient to provide for the purposes set forth in section eighteen, no claimant or...
Last modified: September 11, 2015