Member Login
Search
<center>Pace®️ Analytical Services offers in-lab, mobile, emergency onsite containment, and regulatory services to ensure our air, water, soil, and more are safe for our communities and lives. **This space is provided to an LSPA Platinum Sponsor.</center><center>LSPA Past Presidents attend the LSPA's 30th anniversary dinner in Worcester (2023). </center><center>It was great to see so many LSPA members and friends at the Annual Fall Party. (October 2024)</center><center> TRIDENT Environmental Group, LLC is an environmental contracting firm whose purpose is to provide high-quality solutions for our client’s environmental, health and safety concerns. **This space is provided to an LSPA Platinum Sponsor.</center> <center>Phoenix Environmental Laboratories offers high-quality testing of soils, water, sludge, solids and air, meeting EPA, state DEP and DOH requirements. **This space is provided to an LSPA Platinum Sponsor.</center><center>Green Site Services Group, Inc. **This space is provided to an LSPA Gold Sponsor.<br>DISASTER & EMERGENCY RESPONSE • SITE REMEDIATION • WASTE MANAGEMENT • INDUSTRIAL & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. </center>

LSPA News & Blog

CAM-X A (PFAS) Revision
October 30, 2025
MassDEP has revised WSC-CAM-X A, Quality Control Requirements and Performance Standards for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) by Liquid Chromatography/Dual Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in Support of Response Actions under the MCP, now posted at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/compendium-of-analytical-methods-cam#pfas-methods. Learn more here. 

Public Comment Draft of Interim Policy Regarding the Re-Use of Soil at Disposal Sites Regulated under the MCP (COMM-25)
October 29, 2025
MassDEP has posted the Public Comment Draft of Interim Policy Regarding the Re-Use of Soil at Disposal Sites Regulated under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (COMM-25) dated Oct 24, 2025 under “DRAFT Policies.” Click here for details on submitting comments. 

LSPA Supporting Environmental Justice (EJ) in Massachusetts: 2025-2026 EJ Grant Recipients Announced
October 28, 2025
The LSPA is proud to announce the recipients of our 2025–2026 EJ Grants, awarded to three organizations advancing health, equity, and environmental protections in Massachusetts’ EJ communities. These grants support community-based projects that help residents address local environmental challenges, build resilience, and expand access to clean, safe, and healthy environments across the Commonwealth. Read about the recipients of the 2025-2026 EJ Grants. 

LSPA Announces 2025 Contribution to the Practice Awards
September 26, 2025
On September 17, 2025, at the September Member Meeting in Westborough, MA, the LSPA named their 2025 Contribution to the Practice Award winners. Learn more.

LSPA Introduces Practice Tip of the Month for September 2025
September 17, 2025
A new LSPA practice tip was introduced at the September 2025 Membership Meeting which was held on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Click here to make sure you are checking the correct boxes when submitting MCP documents!

LSPA 2025 Fall Line Up Announced

The LSPA has announced its 2025 fall educational program line-up. Programs kick off with our September Membership Meeting on September 17.

Don’t miss out on opportunities to meet in person and virtually and learn about topics related to PFAS forensics for site investigations, fungi and shift flow and mobilization of subsurface contaminants, low flow training, risk management, solute transport modeling, glacial geology and more!

Visit our events calendar! 

 

LSPA Legislation on Home Heating Oil Spills

Over 500,000 Massachusetts homeowners are at risk because insurance does not cover the cost of cleaning up home heating oil spills. The LSPA is working with state legislators to require that insurers automatically provide specialized liquid fuel release coverage to all homeowners.

- Read more details in our fact sheet.      
- Read a recent article on this issue here.

The LSPA has, once again, filed our bill in the House and Senate (H1302 and S813, respectively). The bill passed the Senate twice, but has not moved beyond the House Committee on Ways and Means. On June 24, 2025, the LSPA testified during the Joint Committee on Financial Services.

Interested in being involved in this initiative? Join our Legislative Committee.