Current through Register 1533, October 25, 2024
Section 18.12 - Transportation(1) No person shall remove and/or transport industrial wastewater through the streets of any city or town or via any state or federal highway located within any city or town in which the industrial wastewater was first collected without first obtaining a hauler permit from the board of health of such city or town in accordance with 314 CMR 18.12 and M.G.L. c. 111, § 31A. An application for such permit shall be in the form and contain the information, under oath, as the board shall require.(2) All such permits shall expire at the end of the calendar year in which they are issued, but may be renewed annually on an application as herein provided in 314 CMR 18.12(1). No permit shall be transferred except with the written approval of the issuing board.(3) All permit applications shall designate the Department-approved treatment facility, licensed TSDF or CWT where the industrial wastewater will be disposed. Copies of all contracts or other agreements between the hauler and the receiving facility shall be retained by the hauler for five years.(4) Copies of all bills of lading that identify the facility where the industrial wastewater was collected, the volume, and the contents of the industrial wastewater shall be retained by the hauler for five years.(5) The contents of holding tanks shall be transported in a manner that is protective of the public health, safety and the environment.(6) Industrial wastewater shall not be stored at any off-site facility other than at a Department-approved treatment facility, licensed TSDF or a CWT.(7) The contents of a vehicle shall not be transferred to another vehicle, tanker or storage container, other than a storage container at a Department-approved treatment facility, licensed TSDF or a CWT.(8) Haulers of industrial wastewater shall only dispose of industrial wastewater at a treatment facility permitted to accept, treat and dispose of such wastewater.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1322, eff. 9/23/2016.