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Massachusetts State Information

EPA’s mission is to protect and restore the environment and protect the human health of the citizens.   On this site you will find information on Local, Regional, State, Federal Agencies and Organizations.  On this page you find link to environmentally related Massachusetts state government agencies and organizations as well as some state specific links to sister federal agencies.

Massachusetts – EPA NE Performance Partnership Agreement (PPA)
The performance partnership agreement outlines the goal, mission, activities and actions that the state environmental agency will be completing during the current performance partnership cycle (usually two or three years). The partnership is between the State of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and EPA New England.

MASSACHUSETTS STATE DEPARTMENTS

Massachusetts State Government

Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Resources
The Department of Agricultural Resources' mission is to support, promote and enhance the long-term viability of Massachusetts agriculture with the aim of helping this state’s agricultural businesses become as economically and environmentally sound as possible.

Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Department of Conservation and Recreation’s mission is to protect, promote and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources for the well being of all.

Massachusetts Riverways Program
The mission of the Riverways program is to promote the restoration, protection and ecological integrity of the Commonwealth's rivers, streams and adjacent lands.

Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services
Dedicated to helping communities, nonprofits and private landowners protect open space and provide quality outdoor recreation experiences across the Commonwealth by providing access to financial support, planning tools and technical assistance.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
The Department of Environmental Protection is the state agency responsible for ensuring clean air and water, the safe management of toxics and hazards, the recycling of solid and hazardous wastes, the timely cleanup of hazardous waste sites and spills, and the preservation of wetlands and coastal resources.

Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management and conservation of the state’s fisheries and wildlife, including rare and endangered species.

Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy
The mission of the Department is to ensure that utility consumers are provided with the most reliable service at the lowest possible cost as determined by its orders; to protect the public safety from transportation and gas pipeline related accidents; to oversee the energy facilities siting process; and to ensure that residential ratepayers' rights are protected under regulations.

Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources
The Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources mission is to implement energy policies that ensure an adequate supply of reliable, affordable and clean energy for the businesses and residents of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Environmental Police

Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
The overall mission of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) is to safeguard public health from environmental threats and to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources of the Commonwealth.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
EOHHS protects the health of all Massachusetts residents. This website is your gateway to health and human services for all citizens, but especially for those most vulnerable and in need.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Public/Private Partnerships
Our mission is to develop new models of stewardship in order to protect and sustain our natural, cultural, historical and recreational public resources for future generations."

Massachusetts Executive Office of Technical Assistance for Toxics Use Reduction
OTA is a non-regulatory office with in the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs that helps manufacturers and other toxic chemical users reduce or eliminate their use of toxics and generation of hazardous byproducts.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation
The mission of the Executive Office of Transportation is to promote economic vitality and a better quality of life by safely and efficiently moving people and goods within and through the Commonwealth.

Massachusetts Geographic Information System
The Massachusetts Geographic Information System is a computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information.

Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is a world-class independent public authority which develops, promotes and manages airports, the seaport and transportation infrastructure to enable Massachusetts and New England to compete successfully in the global marketplace.

Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management’s mission is to balance the impacts of human activity with the protection of coastal and marine resources. As a networked program, CZM was specifically established to work with other state agencies, federal agencies, local governments, academic institutions, nonprofit groups, and the general public to promote sound management of the Massachusetts coast.

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
MWRA is a Massachusetts public authority established by an act of the Legislature in 1984 to provide wholesale water and sewer services to 2.5 million people and more than 5,500 large industrial users in 61 metropolitan Boston communities.

MASSACHUSETTS & NEW ENGLAND ORGANIZATIONS

Cape Cod Commission
The Commission was established as a regional planning and regulatory agency to prepare and implement a regional land use policy plan for all of Cape Cod, review and regulate Developments of Regional Impact, and recommend designation of certain areas as Districts of Critical Planning Concern.

Martha’s Vineyard Commission
The Martha's Vineyard Commission is the regional planning agency of Dukes County, which is made up of the six towns of Martha's Vineyard—Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury—as well as the town of Gosnold on the Elizabeth Islands.

Massachusetts Audubon Society
Massachusetts Audubon works to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife

Massachusetts Congress of Lakes and Pond Associations Inc.
The purpose of the Massachusetts Congress of Lakes and Pond Associations, Inc. is to preserve, protect, maintain and enhance the environmental, aesthetic, recreational and economic values of lakes and ponds, and to promote watershed management.

Massachusetts Environmental Trust
The Massachusetts Environmental Trust is a grant making organization that protects and restores water resources and their related ecosystems throughout the Commonwealth.

Massachusetts Watershed Coalition
The Massachusetts Watershed Coalition is a network of local organizations that are committed to the protection, sound management and enhancement of Massachusetts rivers and watershed ecosystems.

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC)
NEIWPCC is a nonprofit interstate agency that serves and assists—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont—by coordinating activities and forums that encourage cooperation among the states, educating the public about key water quality issues, supporting research projects, training environmental professionals, and providing overall leadership in water management and protection.

Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management  (NESCAUM)
NESCAUM is a nonprofit association of air quality agencies in the Northeast. NESCAUM's Board of Directors consists of the air directors of the six New England states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), New Jersey, and New York. NESCAUM provide scientific, technical, analytical, and policy support to the air quality programs of the eight Northeast states.

Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
NEWMOA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan interstate association that has a membership composed of the hazardous waste, solid waste, waste site cleanup and pollution prevention program directors for the environmental agencies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. NEWMOA was established by the Governors of the New England states as an official regional organization to coordinate interstate hazardous and solid waste, and pollution prevention activities and support state waste programs.

MASSACHUSETTS SPECIFIC LINKS TO SISTER FEDERAL AGENCIES

For a more complete list of EPA's sister federal agencies please visit our Federal Government Page

NOAA Fisheries: Office for Law Enforcement
NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement is dedicated primarily to the enforcement of laws that protect and regulate our nation's living marine resources and their natural habitat.