Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 11.00 - General Application And Administration Environmental Code, Title 1
Section 11.05 - Emergency

(1) General. Whenever an emergency exists in which the interest of protecting the public health or the environment requires that ordinary procedures be dispensed with, the board of health or its authorized agent, acting in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 111, § 30, may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of the emergency and requiring that such action be taken as the board of health deems necessary to meet the emergency. Notwithstanding any other provision of 310 CMR, any person to whom such order is directed shall comply therewith within the time specified in the order. Each day's failure to comply with the order shall constitute a separate offense. Upon compliance with the order and within seven days after the day the order has been served, he may file a written petition in the office of the board of health requesting a hearing. He shall be granted a hearing as soon as possible. The procedures for such hearing shall otherwise conform with the hearing requirements which would have existed had the order been issued under non-emergency circumstances.

(2) Emergency Powers of the Department. No provision of 310 CMR 11.00 shall be construed as a limitation on the emergency powers of the Department of Environmental Quality Engineering of the Commonwealth.