Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Title 310 CMR 19.000 - Solid Waste Management › Part I - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES AND PERMITS › Section 19.011 - Signatories, Certification and Engineer's Supervision

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Signatories and General
				Certification
. Any application for a permit, authorization to
				construct, authorization to operate, permit modification, and any
				determination, certification, report and any other document submitted to the
				Department pursuant to 310 CMR 19.000, shall be signed by the appropriate
				responsible official. Any person required by 310 CMR 19.000 or any order or
				other enforcement document issued by the Department, to submit any document to
				the Department shall identify himself or herself by name, profession, and
				relationship to the applicant and legal interest in the facility, and make the
				following statements:
I, [name of responsible official], attest under the pains and
				  penalties of perjury that:
(a) I have
				personally examined and am familiar with the information contained in this
				submittal, including any and all documents accompanying this certification
				statement;
(b) based on my inquiry
				of those persons responsible for obtaining the information, the information
				contained in this submittal is, to the best of my knowledge, true, accurate,
				and complete;
(c) I am fully
				authorized to bind the entity required to submit these documents and to make
				this attestation on behalf of such entity; and
(d) I am aware that there are significant
				penalties, including, but not limited to, possible administrative and civil
				penalties for submitting false, inaccurate, or incomplete information and
				possible fines and imprisonment for knowingly submitting false, inaccurate, or
				incomplete information; and
(e)
				(for a responsible official submitting a third-party inspection report pursuant
				to
				310 CMR
				19.018(8)(b)1.) The facility
				[name of facility] provided any information required by
				310 CMR
				19.018 and requested by the third-party
				inspector in a timely fashion and any employee or contractor of [name of
				facility] did not unduly influence the third-party inspector; and
(f) (for a responsible official submitting a
				transfer station certification pursuant to 19.035(4)):
1. I have accurately stated whether the
				transfer station is in compliance with its permit and all other applicable
				requirements in
				310 CMR 16.00:
Site
				Assignment Regulations for Solid Waste Facilities
and 19.000
				including, but not limited to,
				310 CMR
				19.043;
2. I have accurately identified any and all
				violations of
				310 CMR 16.00:
Site
				Assignment Regulations for Solid Waste Facilities
or 19.000 or the
				terms and conditions of any permits or other approvals issued thereunder by the
				Department;
3. If the transfer
				station is not in compliance, I have stated what the owner and operator will do
				to return the transfer station to compliance and the date by which compliance
				will be achieved; and,
4. Plans and
				procedures to maintain compliance are in place at the transfer station and will
				be maintained even if processes or operating procedures are changed.