Section 18. Any agency of the commonwealth is authorized to promulgate regulations as it deems necessary for the implementation and administration of sections sixteen and seventeen subject to the approval of the executive office of administration and finance. Failure to promulgate such regulations shall not affect any agency's right to enter into indemnification agreements under said sections sixteen and seventeen nor the validity or enforceability of said sections or agreements.
Nothing in sections sixteen or seventeen shall affect the liability of any person under any warranty, nor the liability of an employer who is a response action contractor to any employee of such employer under any provision of law, including any provision relating to workers' compensation.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 21e - Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention and Response Act
Section 3 - Implementation; Regulations; Response Actions
Section 3a - Timetables and Specifications for Action at Disposal Sites
Section 3b - Permit Application Fees; Annual Compliance Assurance Fees
Section 4a - Notification of Response Action; Procedure; Civil Action
Section 5a - Administrative Record; Selection and Review of Response Actions; Regulations
Section 5b - Judicial Review of Response Actions
Section 7 - Notice of Release or Threat of Release
Section 8 - Entry On, and Investigation and Inspection of Sites and Vessels
Section 9 - Orders to Conduct Assessment, Containment or Removal
Section 11 - Violations; Penalties; Actions to Recover Costs
Section 12 - Confidentiality of Information, Records or Reports
Section 13 - Liens on Property of Persons Liable; Priority; Releases
Section 14 - Response Actions at Sites; Meetings; Public Notice and Participation
Section 15 - Citizen Enforcement
Section 16 - Response Action Contractor Liability
Section 17 - Indemnification Agreements to Hold Harmless Response Action Contractor
Section 19 - Office of Brownfields Revitalization
Section 20 - Distance of Lng Import Terminal From Certain Establishments
Section 21 - Distance of Lng Tankers Traveling by Waterway From Certain Establishments