by OmniEnvGroup | Oct 23, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environmental Due Diligence, EPA, Licensed Site Professional, Massachusetts Contingency Plan, MassDEP, Phase I and 21E, Reportable Conditions, Risk Mitigation, Site Assessment
What are PFAS? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made chemicals, consisting of 4,000+ fluorinated organic compounds in use since the 1940s. They are colorless, odorless, and resistant to heat, oil, and water. Due to their strong bonds, these...
by OmniEnvGroup | Mar 2, 2015 | MassDEP, USTs
On January 1, 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) promulgated a new regulation for underground storage tanks (USTs). The regulation (310 CMR 80.00) addresses design/construction/installation, registration, operation, maintenance...
by OmniEnvGroup | Nov 2, 2014 | Massachusetts Contingency Plan, MassDEP, Uncategorized
The Massachusetts Contingency Plan (acronym alert: MCP) is the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (another acronym: MassDEP’s) regulation which describes the requirements for assessing and remediating spills and releases of oil and hazardous...
by OmniEnvGroup | Sep 30, 2014 | Licensed Site Professional, LSP, Massachusetts Contingency Plan, MassDEP, Site Assessment
In the new and improved June 2014 version of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan(MCP), the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) revised the definition of “background”. Background is now defined as “those levels of oil and hazardous material...
by OmniEnvGroup | Jul 28, 2014 | Activity and Use Limitation, Licensed Site Professional, LSP, Massachusetts Contingency Plan, MassDEP
In late June, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued a revised Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP: 310 CMR 40.0000). The revisions included a number of changes about how Notices of Activity and Use Limitations (AULs) are prepared, recorded...
by OmniEnvGroup | May 29, 2014 | Licensed Site Professional, LSP, Massachusetts Contingency Plan, MassDEP, Uncategorized
In case you haven’t already heard…the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has revised the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP; 310 CMR 40.0000 if you want all the details). The new MCP includes some fairly significant revisions. The key...
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