(1) In order to become certified as a toxics
use reduction planner, an applicant shall demonstrate to the Department that he
or she possesses sufficient skills and knowledge to evaluate whether a plan was
developed in accordance with
310 CMR
50.40. An applicant shall do so by complying
with either
310 CMR
50.54 or
310
CMR 50.55.
(2) In determining whether an applicant
possesses sufficient skills and knowlege to evaluate whether a plan was
developed in accordance with
310 CMR
50.40, the Department may consider, without
limitation, whether the applicant has sufficient skills or knowledge to
evaluate whether the following analyses were conducted in accordance with
310 CMR
50.40:
(a)
analysis of toxic chemical use, byproduct generation, and emissions in a
process or method of producing a product or service, including but not limited
to analysis of whether a process flow diagram developed pursuant to
310 CMR
50.44(1) reflects actual
facility operations;
(b) analysis
of the technical feasibility and potential impacts of a change to an existing
process or method of producing a product or service;
(c) analysis of the economic feasibility and
potential impacts of a change to an existing process or method of producing a
product or service;
(d) analysis of
the potential effects on the facility's operation, function, and business
activities due to a change to an existing process or method of producing a
product or service;
(e) analysis of
the potential effects on worker health and safety at the facility due to a
change to an existing process or method of producing a product or
service;
(f) analysis of the
potential effects on toxic chemical use, byproduct generation and emissions to
all environmental media due to a change to an existing process or method of
producing a product or service;
(g)
analysis of the potential effects of a change to an existing process or method
of producing a product or service on compliance with other applicable laws and
regulations; and,
(h) evaluation of
whether a potential change to an existing process or method of producing a
product or service constitutes toxics use reduction.
