Bill > H832

This bill amends Section 13 of Chapter 21A of the General Laws in Massachusetts. The key provisions are: 1. It authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt and amend regulations known as the State Environmental Code, which can impose fines of up to $25,000 per day or imprisonment for violations. 2. It allows registered sanitarians or professional engineers to prepare plans for subsurface systems for disposal of domestic sewage of not more than 2,000 gallons per day, and requires professional engineers for any other sewage disposal system plans. 3. It exempts certain residential property transfers from the requirement for an inspection of the subsurface sewage disposal system, such as between spouses, parents and children, and siblings. 4. It requires the Commissioner to evaluate practices to minimize the paperwork burden for individuals, businesses, and governments related to the enforcement of the code. 5. It gives local boards of health the authority to enforce the State Environmental Code, and allows the Department to enforce it if local boards fail to do so.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H832