990 CMR 4.02
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The Notice of Intent shall be submitted on a form approved by the Council and the Department,
and shall include:
(1) a description of the type of hazardous wastes the developer proposes to accept for storage,
treatment, recycling or disposal at the facility;
(2) a description of the technology and procedures the developer proposes to use to store, treat,
recycle or dispose of hazardous waste at the facility;
(3) a description of the developer's prior experience in the construction, operation and maintenance
of hazardous waste facilities, in Massachusetts and elsewhere. This description shall include a record
of compliance with federal, state and local statutes, by-laws and regulations applicable to the
construction and operation of such facilities, and with respect to the developer or any person owning
a significant financial interest in the proposed project shall list:
(a) anypending investigations, hearings, litigation, arbitration or adjudicatory proceedings involving
the developer or said person concerning compliance with federal, state and local statutes,
regulations and by-laws applicable to the management of hazardous waste and the protection of
public health and safety and the environment; and
(b) any civil, criminal or administrative judgments rendered against the developer or said person
concerning compliance with federal, state and local statutes, regulations and bylaws applicable to
the management of hazardous waste and the protection of public health and safety and the
environment; and
(c) any accidents which have occurred at any facility owned or operated by the developer or said
person;
(4) financialdata, includinganestimate of the total cost of the proposed project and the cost of each
of the major components of the project, and audited financial statements or SEC 10-K forms for each
of the past three years, and either:
(a) a plan of financing for the proposed project, including the amount to be raised through debt
and the potential source(s) thereof, the amount to be raised through equity and the potential
source(s) thereof, and material which demonstrates the feasibility of the financing plan; or
(b) a letter from a duly authorized agent of a national bank or other reputable independent
financial institution indicating that it has reviewed the financial statements and projections of the
proposed project, and that said statements and projections satisfy the existing lending standards
of the bank or institution.
4.02: continued
If the developer is a subsidiary corporation which wishes to have the financialresources of one or
more parent corporations considered, then the developer shall submit, in addition to the above, a
descriptionofthe relationship between the subsidiary and the parent corporation(s), and a letter from
such parent corporation(s) confirming that its financial resources are available to finance the proposed
project;
(5) if the developer has named a site for the proposed project, a description of said site, including the
name and address of the owner thereof and all of the information necessary for the Council to
determine whether said site satisfies the criteria set forth in 990 CMR 5.04;
(6) a description of the present suitability of the site for the proposed project and of the additional
measures, if any, that will be required to make the site suitable; or, in the event that the developer is not
naming a site, the requirements and characteristics of a site thatwould be appropriate for said proposed
project;
(7) preliminary specifications and architectural drawings for the proposed project;
(8) a copy of the most recent statewide environmental impact report issued by the Department
pursuant to M.G.L. c. 21D, § 3(1);
(9) such further information as is requested on the Notice of Intent form approved by the Council and
the Department, as well as any additional information which either the Council or the Department, after
reviewing the Notice of Intent, determines is necessary to render said Notice of Intent complete
pursuant to 990 CMR 4.06;
(10) such documents as are prepared or approved by the Department which describe and explain
the hazardous waste facility siting process, whichdescribe and explainthe types of planning and other
technical assistance available to the host community and to abutting communities, and which describe
and explain the types of special benefits that may be included in a negotiated facility siting agreement
between a host community and a developer;
(11) a notice of the right to submit comments to the Council pursuant to 990 CMR 4.05 and 7.04(1);
(12) a list of the names and addresses of all persons to whom the Notice of Intent was submitted
pursuant to the requirements of 990 CMR 4.04; and
(13) the following certification:
"I certify under the pains and penalties of perjury that I have personally examined and am familiar
withthe information submitted in this form and with those of the attached documents prepared by
or under the direction of the developer, and that the information contained in this form and in those
ofthe attached documents prepared by or under the direction of the developer is true, accurate and
complete."
which shall be signed:
(a) if the developer is a corporation, by a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice
president; or
(b) if the developer is a partnership, by a general partner; or
(c) if the developer is a sole proprietor, by the proprietor; or
(d) if the developer is a governmental agency, by the head of that agency.
(14) the developer siting fee or fees required, pursuant to 990 CMR 16.02(1).