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MA Gen L ch 21h § 6f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6f - Exemptions From Prohibitions in Secs. 6d and 6e; Applications; Fees

Section 6F. (a) The department, at its discretion and in consultation with the executive office of economic development and the department of public health, may allow for exemptions to the prohibitions in sections 6D and 6E.  (b) Applications for exemptions shall demonstrate that:  (1) the use of the product is beneficial to the environment or protective of the public health or public safety;  (2) there is no technically feasible alternative to the use of mercury in the product;  (3) there is no comparable non-mercury-added product available at reasonable cost; and  (4) an effective system exists for the collection, transportation and processing of the mercury-added product. Such a system may include direct return of a waste product to the manufacturer, an industry or trade group-supported collection and recycling system or other similar private and public section efforts.  (c) The department shall establish application fees and a timeline for reviewing applications for exemptions that does not exceed 90 days.  (d) Before issuing an exemption, the department shall consult with neighboring states and regional organizations to promote consistency. The department shall avoid, to the extent feasible, inconsistencies in the implementation of this section.  (e) An exemption shall be valid for not more than 3 years and may be extended upon request of the applicant, at the discretion of the department.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 6g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6g - Purchase of Elemental Mercury, Mercury Compounds and Mercury-Added Equipment and Materials by Schools

Section 6G. No school in the commonwealth shall purchase for use in a primary or secondary classroom elemental mercury, mercury compounds or mercury-added instructional equipment and materials, except measuring devices and thermometers for which no adequate nonmercury substitute exists that are used in school laboratories. This section shall not apply to the sale of mercury-added lamps or those products whose only mercury-added component is a mercury-added lamp or lamps.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 6h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6h - Disclosure Requirements for Mercury-Added Formulated Product Manufacturers

Section 6H. Every manufacturer of a mercury-added formulated product shall, upon a written request from a health care facility, disclose in writing the mercury content of any product used in its facility that contains more than 1 part per billion of mercury. The manufacturer shall also disclose to the health care facility information needed to determine the mercury content of a component manufactured by another manufacturer which is part of the final product. This disclosure shall further provide the method used in developing the analysis performed for total mercury content. These products shall include, but are not limited to: acids, alkalis, bleach, materials used for cleaning or maintenance or disinfection, stains, reagents, preservatives, fixatives, buffers and dyes.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 6i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6i - Disposal of Mercury-Added Products; Education Program; Discharge of Mercury Into Water; Scrap Recycling of Multi-Component Products Containing Mercury

Section 6I. (a) No person, household, business, school, healthcare facility or state or municipal government shall knowingly dispose of a mercury-added product in any manner other than by recycling, disposing as hazardous waste or using a method approved by the department.  (b) The department shall implement an education program. This program shall include, but not be limited to, working with municipalities and waste haulers to educate the citizens of the commonwealth about mercury-added products and their proper disposal, including creating signs to post at transfer stations, landfills, recycling centers and municipal buildings.  (c) Mercury from mercury-added products shall not knowingly be discharged into water, wastewater treatment or wastewater disposal systems unless it is done in compliance with applicable local, state and federal requirements.  (d) No person shall knowingly send a multi-component product that contains mercury to a scrap recycling facility for recycling without first removing the mercury-added product or products. Notwithstanding the forgoing, a scrap recycling facility may agree to accept a multi-component product that has not been intentionally flattened, crushed or baled knowing it contains mercury-added product or products. If accepted, the scrap recycling facility shall be responsible for removing such product or products and recycling them or disposing of them as hazardous waste.  (e) Mercury-added formulated products that are cosmetic or pharmaceutical products subject to the regulatory requirements of the Federal Food and Drug Administration relating to mercury are exempt from this section.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 6k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6k - Labeling Requirements for Mercury-Added Products

Section 6K. (a) No person shall sell a mercury-added product unless the product is labeled by the manufacturer pursuant to this section. The label, constructed of materials that are sufficiently durable to remain legible for the useful life of the product, shall clearly inform the purchaser that mercury is present in the product and that the product shall be reused, recycled or properly disposed of as hazardous waste. Manufacturers of products that contain an irremovable mercury-containing lamp used for backlighting shall meet the product labeling requirements of this section by placing the label on the product or its care and use manual.  (b) Mercury product labeling plans approved by another state that is a member of IMERC shall be considered to be in compliance with this section if they are effectively implemented in the commonwealth. The manufacturer shall provide a copy of the labeling plan to the department upon request and shall notify the department if the approval is modified.  (c) A person who sells mercury-added lamps to the owner or manager of an industrial, commercial or office building or to any person who replaces or removes from service outdoor lamps that contain mercury shall clearly inform the purchaser, in writing on the invoice for the lamps or in a separate document, that the lamps contain mercury, that mercury is a hazardous substance that is regulated by federal and state law and that the lamps may not be placed in solid waste destined for disposal. Retail establishments that incidentally sell mercury-added lamps to the specified purchasers are exempt from this subsection.  (d) This section shall not apply to refurbished medical equipment.  (e) This section shall not apply to the labeling of those products whose only mercury component is a removable mercury-added lamp or button cell battery.  (f) This section shall not apply to mercury-added antique barometers, antique thermometers, and antique clocks if the antique barometer, thermometer or clock was manufactured prior to 1955. A person who sells a mercury-added antique barometer, thermometer or clock manufactured prior to 1955 shall clearly inform the purchaser, in writing, at the time of sale: (1) that the antique contains mercury; (2) that mercury is a hazardous substance; (3) that mercury is regulated by federal and state law; (4) the proper and commercially available methods for disposal and recycling of the antique; and (5) the proper procedures for cleaning up mercury spills if the antique is broken while in the purchaser's possession.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 6l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6l - Collection of Mercury-Added Products by Solid Waste Collectors

Section 6L. A solid waste collector shall refuse to collect the contents of a solid waste container that the collector knows or reasonable should know contains 1 or more mercury-added products unless such solid waste is collected for the purpose of being reused, recycled or properly disposed of as hazardous waste or otherwise managed to ensure that the mercury does not become mixed with other solid waste or wastewater.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 6m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6m - Preference for Purchase of Products Not Containing Mercury by State Procurement Officer, University System and Agencies

Section 6M. The state procurement officer, the state university system and state agencies shall give preference to the purchase of equipment, supplies and other products that do not contain mercury unless there is no economically feasible non-mercury alternative that performs a similar function or unless the non-mercury product is sufficiently less energy efficient so as to result in a greater overall environmental impact. In circumstances where a non-mercury-added product is not available, preference shall be given to the purchase of products which have the least overall environmental impact in their development, manufacturing and use. This section shall not apply to the purchase of vaccines by the department of public health, its affiliates and facilities or to the purchase of refurbished medical equipment in which a mercury switch or relay is a fully integrated component.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 6n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 6n - Rules and Regulations

Section 6N. The department shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 21h § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21h - Solid Waste Facilities|Section 7 - Composting Programs

Section 7. The department, in consultation with the department of food and agriculture, shall establish a program to provide for recycling through composting of leaves and other organic matter.  (a) The department shall be authorized to implement regional yard waste and leaf composting projects and shall utilize state-owned land where feasible. The department shall also be authorized to accept applications from municipalities for grants and to award grants to assist in the development of local and regional composting projects. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of a state and local yard waste and leaf composting program.  (b) The department of food and agriculture shall establish an agricultural composting program. Said department of food and agriculture is hereby authorized to establish state and local composting projects, to establish a demonstration agricultural composting program, and to accept applications for grants from municipalities for the purposes of creating agricultural composting projects. Said department of food and agriculture shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of state, local, and demonstration agricultural composting programs.
MA Gen L ch 21i § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21i - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act|Section 1 - Short Title

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ''Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act.''
MA Gen L ch 21i § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21i - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act|Section 8 - Responsibilities of All State Agencies

Section 8. In order to facilitate coordination of the implementation of this chapter with existing state and federal programs pertaining to toxics production and use, hazardous waste, industrial hygiene, worker safety, public exposure to toxics, or release of toxics into the environment, agencies of the commonwealth which administer such programs shall:  (A) review the programs and associated regulations of the agency and ascertain how toxics use reduction can be promoted and achieved;  (B) amend those programs or associated regulations, where feasible, so as to promote toxics use reduction as the preferred method for achieving the goals of such programs and submit to the council recommendations for coordinating toxics use reduction efforts with the programs specifically established by this chapter within the department, the office, and the Institute;  (C) by January 1, 1992, coordinate, to the extent feasible, reporting requirements and guidelines concerning the manufacture, use, or release of toxic or hazardous substances in a manner consistent with the recommendations for standardized, consolidated and coordinated state reporting requirements developed by the council pursuant to section four (B) of this chapter;  (D) develop, on a biennial basis, a multi-media inspection manual and training program for all inspectors on multi-media team inspections related to toxics. Where feasible, inspector training shall include cross-training with other agencies that administer toxics-related inspections. Agencies may request that the Institute assist with the training of inspectors to carry out multi-media inspections.
MA Gen L ch 21i § 9a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21i - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act|Section 9a - Threshold Amounts for Toxic or Hazardous Substances

Section 9A. Threshold amounts for toxic or hazardous substances for purposes of this chapter shall be initially established as the following:  (A) For toxics users that manufacture or process a toxic or hazardous substance, as the terms ''manufacture'' or ''process'' are defined herein, the threshold amount for a toxic or hazardous substance shall be 25,000 pounds each year at any 1 facility, except the threshold will be 1,000 pounds each year at any 1 facility for a higher hazard substance; and  (B) For toxics users that otherwise use a toxic or hazardous substance, the threshold amount for a toxic or hazardous substance shall be 10,000 pounds each year at any 1 facility, except the threshold will be 1,000 pounds each year at any 1 facility for a higher hazard substance.  (C) If the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency sets a threshold quantity for facility reporting on a toxic or hazardous substance under section 313 of EPCRA which is lower than a corresponding threshold amount specified in subparagraphs (A) or (B), the corresponding threshold for that substance under this chapter shall be the same as the federal threshold.  (D) Upon recommendation of the institute and the board, the council shall have the authority to lower the facility-reporting threshold on a higher hazard substance below that which is specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
MA Gen L ch 21i § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21i - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act|Section 12 - Toxics Use Reduction Planners

Section 12. (A) In order to be a certified toxics use reduction planner, an individual must either (1) have satisfactorily completed a toxics use reduction planning program, developed pursuant to section six (E) of this chapter, and passed a uniform certification examination which the department shall prepare by January 1, 1992 and modify thereafter as appropriate, or (2) have at least two years of work experience in toxics use reduction activities. The department shall by January 1, 1991, after consultation with the Institute and the office, promulgate regulations implementing the requirements of this section.  (B) Any individual who satisfies the requirement of at least two years of work experience in toxics use reduction activities, but who has not satisfactorily completed a toxics use reduction planning program and passed the uniform certification examination, shall only be certified as a toxics use reduction planner to engage in toxics use reduction activities in the facilities owned or operated by his employer.  (C) Certification shall be for not more than two years and shall be renewable for additional two year periods. For a certification to be renewed, a toxics use reduction planner must successfully complete continuing education instruction in toxics use reduction activities.  (D) The department may establish a fee to be assessed on any individual when such individual receives or renews his certification as a toxics use reduction planner pursuant to this section. Any such fees shall be deposited in the toxics use reduction fund established pursuant to section two K of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws.  (E) Certification may be suspended or revoked by the department based on a finding of fraud, gross negligence in the certification of toxics use reduction plans, or other good cause.  (F) In order to certify an alternative resource conservation plan or the implementation of an environmental management system pursuant to section 11, a toxics use reduction planner must successfully complete continuing education instruction in resource conservation and environmental management systems as specified by the department.
MA Gen L ch 21i § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21i - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act|Section 13 - Statewide Reduction Goal

Section 13. (A) The goal of the commonwealth is to achieve by 1997, through toxics use reduction, a fifty percent (50%) reduction from 1987 quantities of toxic or hazardous byproducts generated by industry in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.  (B) The department shall compile annually the goals of all reduction plans submitted by toxics users. By January 1, 1995, the department shall complete a report comparing large quantity toxics user goals to the statewide goal and file a copy of the report with the council, the clerk of the Senate, the clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture.
MA Gen L ch 21i § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21i - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act|Section 14 - Prioritization of User Segments

Section 14. (A) Within 4 years from the designation of a higher hazard substance, the council may designate by regulation user segments, which it considers to be priorities for achieving toxics use reduction. The designations shall be based on recommendations from the office, in consultation with the institute and the department. User segments shall include similar production units in all facilities regardless of threshold amounts. Important considerations for identifying priority user segments shall include:-  (1) the potential for current and future toxics use reduction and the technical and economic feasibility of such reduction;  (2) amounts of the higher hazard substance used by the user segment in the production units of concern;  (3) amounts of toxic or hazardous substances disposed of, discharged, or released to water, land, air or workplaces within facilities;  (4) the need for improvement by the user segment in its toxics use reduction efforts; and  (5) the social, health, and economic benefits and costs to the commonwealth, its political subdivisions, workers, and large quantity and small quantity toxics users.  Consideration shall be given to the adequacy of the state's resources to effectively implement the prioritization of a user segment under subsections (D), (E) and (F).  (B) The council may designate no more than 3 priority user segments in any calendar year. There shall be at no time more than 15 priority user segments.  (C) A priority designation shall expire upon the date 5 years after designation. Priority designation may be renewed in the manner set forth in subsection (A). Upon expiration of a priority designation, a toxics user in the user segment shall no longer be treated as being within a priority user segment for purposes of this chapter, except that applicable performance standards issued for the user segment or a specific toxics user shall remain in effect.  (D) Results of prioritization include:-  (1) The department may refer toxics users in priority user segments to the office for assistance in achieving toxics use reduction;  (2) Facilities with fewer than the equivalent of 10 full-time employees shall be required to report and plan on the priority production unit consistent with the requirements of sections 10 and 11;  (3) The department may require toxics users to submit additional toxic chemical use and byproduct information in order to determine expected efficiency or achievable progress in toxics use reduction within the user segment.  (E) Facilities within a priority user segment may apply for toxics use reduction waivers pursuant to section 17.  (F) The department, working with the office and the institute, may set performance standards for priority user segments pursuant to section 15.
MA Gen L ch 21i § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21i - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act|Section 16 - Improved Enforcement of Toxics Laws

Section 16. Except where otherwise specifically provided, whenever it appears to the department that there has been a violation of this chapter, or any regulation or approval issued or adopted hereunder, the department may refer the toxics user to the office for technical assistance, issue administrative orders requiring compliance with the applicable requirement, or issue an administrative penalty pursuant to the provisions of section sixteen of chapter twenty-one A.  Without limiting any other authority available to the department pursuant to any statute, the department may order a toxics user who violates any standard limiting a release of toxic or hazardous substances to the environment, or a threat of such release, to prepare for that production unit at which the violation occurred a toxics use reduction plan certified by a toxics use reduction planner demonstrating maximum toxics use reduction opportunities available to that user, where (i) the violation causes or threatens to cause significant harm to the environment or to public health or safety, or (ii) the toxics user has previously violated any standard limiting a release of toxic or hazardous substances to the environment, or a threat of such release.  Any toxics user in violation of any requirement of this chapter, or any regulation or approval issued or adopted hereunder, may apply to the department for a toxics use reduction waiver pursuant to section seventeen.  Nothing in this section shall in any manner diminish or condition any authority conferred on the department by any other statute.