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MA Gen L ch 21n § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21n - Climate Protection and Green Economy Act|Section 11 - Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant Program

Section 11. (a) The secretary shall develop and support a municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program. The program shall consist of: (i) financial assistance to municipalities to complete a community-led resilience building process and vulnerability assessment that enables climate change information and adaptation actions to be directly incorporated into existing municipal plans, policies and spending programs; (ii) technical planning guidance; (iii) a statewide catalogue of municipal climate vulnerabilities and impacts identified through the assessment process that may be incorporated into the state plan; and (iv) support for implementation projects to address vulnerabilities.  (b) A grant of financial assistance issued under this section shall be used to advance efforts to adapt land use, zoning, infrastructure, financial decision-making, policies and programs to reduce the vulnerability of the built and natural environment to changing environmental conditions that are a result of climate change.  (c) The secretary shall develop and implement an outreach and education program about climate change and its effects for low-income, environmental justice and urban communities to increase participation in the grant program established in this section.
MA Gen L ch 21o § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21o - Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks|Section 1 - Removal or Relocation of Underground Flammable or Combustible Fluid Tanks; Permits; Abandoned Underground Residential Tanks

Section 1. No underground tank which has been used for the keeping or storage of flammable or combustible fluids shall be removed or relocated unless a permit for such removal or relocation has first been obtained from the state fire marshal or the official designated by it to grant permits in the city, town or district where such tank is located. If the permit is issued by an official of a city, the fee for such permit shall be established by action of the city council or board of aldermen in the form of a duly adopted ordinance.  If the permit is issued by an official of a town, the fee for such permit shall be established by action of the town meeting or, if the town has no town meeting, by action of the town council, in either case in the form of a duly adopted bylaw. In no event shall any such ordinance or bylaw establish a fee greater than two hundred dollars nor require payment of such fees by the commonwealth or any of its departments, boards, commissions, authorities, or political subdivisions.  The board of fire prevention regulations may from time to time, adopt, amend or repeal regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty A, to insure that the removal, abandonment, or decommissioning of underground storage tanks which have been used for the keeping or storage of flammable or combustible fluids is done in a manner which protects public health, safety, welfare and the environment. Any violation of any regulation adopted by the board shall be presumed to constitute irreparable harm to public health, safety, welfare and the environment. Any person who violates any provisions of this section or any regulation, rule, order, permit or approval issued or adopted under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties specified in section eight; provided, however, that such person shall have thirty days upon notification of the violation to begin compliance procedures with such provisions before any penalty may be imposed.  Upon abandonment of a tank, notice of such abandonment shall be reported to the board of health for the city or town in which such tank is located.
MA Gen L ch 21o § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21o - Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks|Section 4 - Notification of Operation of Underground Storage Tanks; Enforcement; Safety Regulations

Section 4. The department shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and may, subject to the provisions contained herein, take all action necessary and appropriate to secure to the commonwealth the benefits of subtitle I of RCRA, including without limitation, obtaining federal grants. The department may, from time to time, adopt, amend, or repeal regulations as it deems necessary to accomplish the following purposes: (1) provide for the safe storage, use, handling and manufacturing of regulated substance(s) in or about any underground storage tank; or (2) protect public health, safety, and welfare, and the environment, from any release of a regulated substance from any underground storage tank; or (3) implement, administer, and enforce any provisions of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 21o § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21o - Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks|Section 5 - Notification of Operation of Underground Storage Tanks; Regulations for Requirements and Standards of Tanks

Section 5. The department may, from time to time, adopt, amend, or repeal regulations, as it deems necessary to establish the following requirements and standards for underground storage tanks:  (1) requirements for maintaining a leak detection system, an inventory control system together with tank testing, or a comparable system or method designed to identify releases in a manner consistent with protection of human health and the environment;  (2) requirements for maintaining records of any monitoring or leak detection system or inventory control system or tank testing system;  (3) requirements for reporting of any releases and corrective action taken in response to a release from an underground tank;  (4) requirements for taking corrective action in response to a release from an underground storage tank; provided, that such requirements shall be consistent with and not duplicative of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan pursuant to chapter twenty-one E;  (5) requirements for the closure of tanks to prevent future releases of regulated substance into the environment;  (6) requirements for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for taking corrective action and compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by sudden and nonsudden accidental release arising from operating an underground storage tank;  (7) standards of performance for new underground storage tanks; and  (8) requirements (a) for notifying the department and the head of the fire department designated according to section 9002–(b) (1) of the existence of any operational or nonoperational underground storage tank: and (b) for providing the information required on the form issued pursuant to section 9002 (b) (2).
MA Gen L ch 21o § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21o - Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks|Section 6 - Notification of Operation of Underground Storage Tanks; Furnishing Information; Inspections

Section 6. For any of the purposes set forth in this chapter, and for the purposes of developing or assisting in the development of any regulation pursuant to this chapter, or conducting any study mandated by Congress or by the General Court, any owner or operator of an underground storage tank shall upon request of the department, the head of the fire department, and their personnel or authorized agents, furnish information relating to such tanks, their associated equipment and their contents, conduct monitoring or testing, and permit the department, the head of the fire department, and their personnel or authorized agents, to have access to, and to copy all records relating to, such tanks. For any of the purposes set forth in section four, and for the purposes of developing or assisting in the development of any regulation pursuant to this chapter, or conducting any study mandated by Congress or by the General Court, the department, the head of the fire department, and their personnel or authorized agents, are authorized (1) to enter at reasonable times any establishment or other place where an underground storage tank is located; and (2) to inspect and obtain samples from any person of any regulated substance contained in such tank; and (3) to conduct monitoring or testing of the tanks, associated equipment, contents, or surrounding soils, air, surface water or ground water. Each such inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness.
MA Gen L ch 21o § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21o - Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks|Section 7 - Notification of Operation of Underground Storage Tanks; Violation Prevention; Orders

Section 7. Whenever it appears that there is a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation, rule, order, permit or approval adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, the department or head of the fire department may issue to a person causing or contributing, or likely to cause or contribute, to such violation or potential violation an order requiring the production or analysis of samples, or the production of records, or imposing such restraints on or requiring such action by said person, as the department or the head of the fire department reasonably deems necessary or desirable to abate or to prevent such violation or potential violation. Issuance of an order under this section shall not preclude, and shall not be deemed an election to forego, any other remedy authorized by law.
MA Gen L ch 21o § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21o - Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks|Section 8 - Notification of Operation of Underground Storage Tanks; Violation of Statutes; Penalties

Section 8. No person shall violate, or allow or suffer any employee, agent, or contractor to violate, any provision of this chapter, or of any regulation, rule, order, permit or approval adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter. Any violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any regulation, rule, order, permit or approval adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter shall be presumed to constitute irreparable harm to public health, safety and welfare, and to the environment. Such presumption may be rebutted by the introduction of competent evidence. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter, or any regulation, rule, order, permit or approval issued or adopted under the provisions of this chapter, (a) shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both; or (b) shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for each such violation. Each day each such violation occurs or continues shall be deemed a separate offense. This shall be in addition to any other penalty or remedy prescribed by law.  The superior court department of the trial court shall have jurisdiction to assess civil penalties as set forth in this section, and to enjoin violations of, and grant such additional relief as it deems necessary or appropriate to secure compliance with, the provisions of this chapter, or any regulation, rule, order, permit or approval adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, upon petition of the attorney general, a district attorney, the department, the head of the fire department, or a city or town.
MA Gen L ch 21o § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 21o - Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks|Section 9 - Notification of Operation of Underground Storage Tanks; Confidentiality of Information; Exclusivity of Remedy

Section 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department or by the head of the fire department or by their respective personnel or contractors pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, upon request, shall be confidential and not be considered to be a public record when it is determined by the department or by the head of the fire department, as the case may be, that such information, record, or particular part thereof, if made public, would divulge a trade secret. This section shall not prevent disclosure of any information necessary for an enforcement action or to comply with Federal law or regulations. The exclusive remedy for any person aggrieved by a determination of the department or of the head of the fire department, as the case may be, pursuant to this section shall be a civil action in the nature of certiorari pursuant to section four of chapter two hundred and forty-nine; provided, that the action shall be commenced within thirty days of the date of the determination. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department, or by the head of the fire department or by their respective personnel or contractors pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be a public record unless it is not a public record pursuant to this section or pursuant to any other law.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 1 - Office Established

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 1. There shall be an office of public safety and inspections within the division of professional licensure under the supervision and control of the commissioner of the division of professional licensure public safety. Chapter 22: Section 1. Office established [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 24 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 1. There shall be an office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure under the supervision and control of the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure public safety.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 4a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 4a - Division of Inspection; Chief of Inspections; Qualifications of Inspectors; Districts; Enforcement of State Building Code; Review by Commissioner

Section 4A. There shall be within the department a division to be known as the division of inspection. The commissioner shall appoint a chief or chiefs of inspections, who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, who may be removed for cause, and the position of chief of inspections shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty. The commissioner shall establish the requirements and qualifications for inspectors who are employed by the division of inspection and appointed pursuant to section six and shall have administrative responsibility over such inspectors.  The commissioner shall establish districts within the commonwealth, each of which shall be supervised by an inspector appointed pursuant to this section and said section six, whose responsibilities shall be to make periodic reviews of all local building inspection practices, to provide technical assistance and advice to the local inspectors in the implementation of the state building code, and to supervise the enforcement of the state building code within such district. The commissioner may review, on his own initiative or on the application of any inspector, any action or refusal or failure of action by any local inspector the result of which does not comply with the uniform implementation of the state building code; and may reverse, modify, or annul, in whole or in part, such action except with respect to the specialized codes as described in section ninety-six of chapter one hundred and forty-three; provided, however, that no order or action of the commissioner shall reverse, modify, annul, or contravene any order, action, determination, interpretation or any decision by the state board of building regulations and standards or the state building code appeals board.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 6 - Inspectors and Assistants; Appointment

Section 6. The commissioner may appoint, transfer and remove inspectors, experts, clerks and other assistants. Except as provided in section two of chapter one hundred and forty-seven, the number of inspectors heretofore authorized by law may be increased only with the approval of the governor and council. District engineering inspectors in the office of public safety and inspections shall not be subject to any civil service rules. Inspectors assigned to the office shall be designated as building inspectors, elevator inspectors, or as district engineering inspectors according as their duties relate to buildings, elevators, or engineering. The commissioner shall establish the requirements and qualifications for officers and inspectors appointed pursuant to this section.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 6a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 6a - Disqualification of Convicts

Section 6A. No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be appointed as an inspector of the division.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 7 - Expenses; Inspectors

Section 7. Each inspector in the division shall receive his actual traveling and necessary expenses when on duty, which shall be verified by oath and approved by the commissioner. No salary shall be paid to any such inspector until he has made oath that he has paid to the commonwealth all fees received by him.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 7a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 7a - Injuries in Line of Duty; Police Services; Medical Expenses

Section 7A. The commissioner may authorize the payment, out of any appropriation made for traveling or other expenses of the office of public safety and inspections, of the reasonable hospital, medical and surgical expenses incurred by any inspector of the division when temporarily or permanently disabled by reason of injuries sustained through no fault of his own while actually performing police service, or while in training.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 7b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 7b - Injuries or Death in Line of Duty; Police Service; Compensation

Section 7B. In determining the right of any inspector of the division or the department of fire services' division of inspection performing police service, or his legal representatives, to receive compensation under any provision of law on account of injuries or death suffered by such inspector while engaged in the actual performance of police service in the course of his duties, such inspector shall be deemed to be so engaged while traveling on public ways from his home to his station of duty and from such station to his home.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 8 - Oath of Office

Section 8. Each inspector shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, and unless his oath of office is taken within ten days after the date of his appointment, the appointment shall be void.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 10 - Board of Boiler Rules

Section 10. The state fire marshal shall appoint a board of boiler rules, consisting of the chief of inspections of the department of fire services, or a boiler inspector of the division of inspection of the department of fire services designated by the state fire marshal, as chairman and 4 associate members, 1 of whom shall be an operating engineer and three shall represent users, manufacturers and insurers of boilers, respectively. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an associate member, his successor shall be appointed for 3 years by the state fire marshal. The associate members shall receive as compensation for service and reimbursement for expenses such sums as the governor and council may determine, not exceeding, in all, $1,500 a year. Such clerical and other assistants as may be required by the board shall be assigned to it by the state fire marshal.
MA Gen L ch 22 § 11b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22 - Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections|Section 11b - Bungee Jumping; Rules and Regulations

Section 11B. The office of public safety and inspections shall promulgate rules and regulations relative to bungee jumping.