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BPSS administers the state’s aboveground and underground pollutant storage tank regulation program and the petroleum cleanup program.
BSHW is responsible for the planning, management, permitting and regulation of
solid waste and
hazardous waste. Operations range from
recycling,
waste reduction and
household hazardous waste, to
financial assurance and
full cost accounting of solid waste management facilities and
financial assurance of hazardous waste facilities.
The Bureau also establishes regulatory and management criteria for special wastes such as
waste tires,
used oil,
medications, batteries,
pesticides, electronics
and mercury devices.
BWC is responsible for all activities relating to the cleanup of sites, including Brownfields, contaminated by
hazardous wastes or other pollutants such as drycleaning solvents and for conducting
site investigations of ground water
contamination. It also provides scientific and engineering technical assistance
and reviews for the Division’s non-petroleum cleanup programs,
issues Voluntary Cleanup Tax Credits and maintains an
Institutional Controls Registry
for contaminated sites.
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