Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 40.0000 - Massachusetts Contingency Plan
Subpart C - NOTIFICATION OF RELEASES AND THREATS OF RELEASE OF OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL; IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Section 40.0342 - Methods of Identification of Oil and Hazardous Material
Universal Citation: 310 CMR 40.0000 MA Code of Regs 40.0342
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) The Department employs three methods to identify or otherwise describe those oils and hazardous materials which are subject to M.G.L. c. 21E, and 310 CMR 40.0000. These methods are:
(a) identification of those substances which
meet the definitions of oil or hazardous material set forth in
310
CMR 40.0006;
(b) listing of specific oils and hazardous
materials; and
(c) identification
of the characteristics of a material which make it hazardous.
(2) Accordingly, a substance is an oil or hazardous material if:
(a) the
substance meets any of the definitions of oil or hazardous material set forth
in 310 CMR 40.0006;
(b) the substance is listed at
310
CMR 40.1600; or
(c) the substance exhibits any of the
characteristics of a hazardous material identified in
310
CMR 40.0347(1) through
(5).
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