Purpose

310 CMR 30.000 is intended to protect public health, safety, and welfare, and the environment, by comprehensively regulating the generation, storage, collection, transport, treatment, disposal, use, reuse, and recycling of hazardous waste in Massachusetts. 310 CMR 30.000 should be read together with M.G.L. c. 21C and c. 21E, § 6 and by St. 1987, c. 584, § 47, each of which has many important substantive requirements not repeated in 310 CMR 30.000.