The LSP Practice in Massachusetts

Wheatstone has continued to field questions from both in-state and out-of-state property owners about environmental regulations of the revised Massachusetts Contingency Plan and why DEP no longer issues a No Further Action letter for site closure. For this reason, we have provided several information links to allow our clients to become more familiar with the Licensed Site Professional (LSP) program in Massachusetts.

 

During the 1980s, the environmental consulting industry in New England was strongly influenced by developing regulations at the local, state and federal levels. Environmental site assessments became a requirement for property transfer and lending activity that included property collateral, due to foreclosure of heavily contaminated properties by lending institutions.

 

Significant changes in the industry occurred in Massachusetts in the early 1990s, reflected by the establishment of a program for privatization of decision-making roles (Licensed Site Professionals) at disposal sites. This created a new and important role for qualified environmental consultants in managing sites with reportable releases of oil or hazardous waste to the environment. Similar changes to regulations and privatization also occurred in the State of Connecticut. Currently, the Massachusetts government is considering other areas of environmental regulatory roles that are options for privatization.

 

Wheatstone offers a dynamic environmental consulting firm with diversified experience, depth and manpower including several LSPs on its senior staff to successfully complete larger and more complex projects while maintaining personal responsiveness, a combination which has historically set us apart in the market.