By July 1, 2018, Massachusetts facilities subject to the Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) planning requirements must:

 

Each company completing a plan must notify all employees by January 1, 2018 of the start of the planning process. The employee notification must include the name(s) of the reportable toxic or hazards substance(s), and solicit suggestions from employees on options that may be available to reduce toxics use.

 

If you're not certain whether your facility is subject to the TURA planning requirements, request free and confidential compliance assistance from OTA.

For some time now, MassDEP hazardous waste program has had limited presence on eDEP, MassDEP’s online reporting system, while the program’s reporting and recordkeeping remained heavily reliant on paper transactions. However, over the coming year, MassDEP will be converting several hazardous waste program transactions to be largely online. As part of this effort, the MassDEP has already taken the 1-page hazardous waste generator notification form for Small Quantity Generators of waste oil and Very Small Quantity Generators off their website. As a result, there is only one notification form available on their website for hazardous waste and waste oil generators of all sizes. 

Additional changes expected for 2018 include: eliminating both of these paper forms all together in favor of EPA’s online myRCRAid system, phasing out “MV” generator ID numbers, online hazardous waste biennial reporting, and conversion to e-Manifest. You may contact Michelle Spitznagel at (617) 626-1065 or [email protected] for a review of your hazardous waste compliance and more information on how these changes are anticipated to affect your facility.