Massachusetts Permitting Checklist
- Air
- Air Plan Approval Applications – forms and instructions for owner/operators of facilities that are being newly built, substantially reconstructed, or altered and have the potential to cause or contribute to air pollution.
- Application for Property Tax Exemption for the cost of air pollution control equipment
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Consistency Applications
- Compliance Certification for Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Boilers rated between 10 million and 40 million BTU per hour
- MassDEP Emission Control Plan
- MassDEP Compliance Certification for Stationary Engines and Turbines: applies to emergency generator, fire pump, or other engine rated at 37 kilowatts and up and to non-emergency engines rated 50 kilowatts and up
- MassDEP Source Registration
- MassDEP permit for “Major Sources of Air Pollution” and Title V Operating Permits
- Hydropower
- MassDEP Dam Registration
- MassDEP Dam Construction Chapter 253 Permit Application
- Energy Facilities Citing Board Hydropower Preliminary Notification Form
- MassDEP Environmental Notification Form
- Land/Wetland
- Chapter 91 Waterways Permit: applies to activities or projects in, under, or over publicly owned waterways of the Commonwealth including placement, construction, or alteration of any structure; placement of any fill; demolition or removal of any fill or structures; dredging
- Chapter 91 Waterways Permit
- MassDEP Wetlands Protection Act Determination of Applicability
- MassDEP Wetlands Protection Act Notice of Intent
- MassDEP Wetlands Protection Act Request for Certificate of Compliance
- MassDEP Wetlands Protection Act Notice of Non-Significance
- MassDEP Rivers Protection Act Notice of Intent
- General
- MassDEP Construction Notification
- Conservation Commission Approval
- Local Planning Board Site Plan Review
- Sewer Connection/Extension Permits
- Road Opening Permit
- MassDEP Notification for Underground Storage Tanks
- Hazardous Waste
- Mass DEP Hazardous Waste Generator Registration Form
- MassDEP Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity Form
- National Hazardous Waste Manifest Form
- Solid Waste
- MassDEP Site Suitability Report for use of site for a solid waste management facility
- MassDEP Permit to Construct new or to expand solid waste facility
- MassDEP Authorization to Operate Solid Waste Management Facility
- MassDEP Permit to Modify Solid Waste Facility
- MassDEP Beneficial Use Determination for use of a solid waste as a substitute for a commercial product
- MassDEP Recycling, Composting, or Conversion Operation Permit
- Massachusetts DOT
- MassDOT Application for Driveway, New Street, or Sidewalk Construction
- MassDOT Application for Driveway, New Street, or Sidewalk Construction
- Water
- MassDEP Water Management Act Permit
- MassDEP Groundwater Discharge Permit
- MassDEP Reclaimed Water Use Permit
- MassDEP Permit for Industrial Sewer Use
- MassDEP Industrial Wastewater Holding Tank Permit
- MassDEP Treatment Works Plant Approval
- MassDEP NPDES Stormwater General Permit
- Wildlife/Plant
- Massachusetts Endangered Species Act – Exemption Filing
- Massachusetts Endangered Species Act – No Take Determination
- Massachusetts Endangered Species Act – Conservation & Management Permit
- Municipal
- Ability to Serve Letter
- Building Permits
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Site Plan Review
- Special Exception of Conditional Use
- Variance, space, and bulk, use
- Zoning (check for proposed use)