Legal Opinion
Peterborough Oil Co., LLC v. Department of Environmental Protection
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 6, 2016No. SJC 11851PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuefly, J.
After a spill of hazardous materials within a specified radius of a public water supply, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations require that those deemed to be liable undertake cleanup and monitoring actions to ensure the spill does not pose a danger to that water supply. See 310 Code Mass. Regs. §§ 40.0801, 40.0810, 40.0993(3)(a) (2014); 40.1030(2)(e) (2015). An exemption promulgated in 2007, however, exempts “oil” from some of these requirements when other enumerated requirements are met. See 310 Code Mass. Regs. § 40.0924(2)(b)(3)(a) (2014) (oil exemption). DEP’s…
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