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Che Commonmealth of Massachusetts 
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy. 
APPENDIX A 
AN ACT TO CONTROL THE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF WASTES HAZ- 
ving ' ARDOUS TO THE PUBLIC OR ITS ENVIRONMENT 
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 
1. SECTION 1. Chapter 21 of the General Laws is hereby amend- 
2 ed by inserting after Section 56, inserted by Chapter 736 of 
. 3 the Acts of 1968, the following new sections: — 
- 4 ~ Section 57. The members of the water resources commission 
2 and the commissioner of the department of public safety shall 
_ 6 sit as a joint board for the purpose of insuring that certain 
7. chemical and other hazardous wastes are safely and properly 
_ 8 handled and disposed of. Said board shall investigate the han- 
9 dling and disposal of said wastes, and shall co-ordinate the ac- 
10 tivities of its member agencies. 
11 Where said board finds that the powers delegated to its 
12 member agencies are insufficient, it shall have the power to 
13 adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to pro- 
14 tect the public and its environment from the effects of un- 
15 regulated handling and disposal of said wastes. The board 
.16 shall delegate to the most appropriate agency among its mem- 
17 bers responsibility for administration of its regulations. No- 
18 thing in this section or section fifty-eight shall diminish or 
-19. interfere with the responsibilities of any other agency. 
-20 . Said board shall after public hearing adopt rules and regu- 
21 lations — 
22 1) identifying those substances which, because of their 
23. chemical, radioactive, flammable, explosive or other 
24 characteristics, constitute or may reasonably be expect- 
25 - - ed to constitute a danger to the public health, safety or 
