Due to the nationwide system outage of motor vehicle inspection services by its vendor Applus Technologies (Applus) impacting inspection stations and motor vehicle owners, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is allowing a grace period for specific motor vehicle inspection requirements outlined below. The RMV is working in close partnership with the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association (MCOPA), the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and other stakeholders to mitigate the impacts of the outage.
The RMV continues to urge Applus to safely and swiftly restore services and provide additional information on the extent of the outage’s impact, which began on Tuesday, March 30. The three-phase process required to return the MA Vehicle Check program to full service that is secure and safe has been in progress. These phases are 1) Remediation (completed), 2) Restoration and System Testing (current phase), and 3)
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The following was submitted by the Sustainable Weston Action Group:
It just seemed too hard, Cathy Jeon thought. What food items am I supposed to compost? How do I prevent it from smelling? And what if it attracts animals?
But last summer, Jeon was forced to figure out composting while living in Vermont when a state ban on putting food scraps in the trash was implemented.
Jeon learned that composting food and other organic materials is a win-win. Over the past year she has experimented with a range of composting methods, from the small Vitamix FoodCycler she keeps in her basement, to a backyard tumbler, to commercial pickup with Bootstrap Compost. She is even familiar with Green Cones, backyard solar digesters that break down all food waste, including meat, bones and dairy.
what s the whole story behind Piney Point?
Bottom Line: I was working on this story last week prior to the good news that a crisis had been averted and turned my attention to other issues based on breaking news out the state legislative session. Governor DeSantis’s decision to put an end to the site, as he ordered Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection to create a closure plan brought this back into the news and it’s a good opportunity to establish how we arrived here. Also, because everything seemingly is politicized these days it’s helpful to cut through some of the incomplete reporting about how the Piney Point reservoir became an environmental catastrophe in the making.
I had NO IDEA so much went into repairing our dunes! More than getting the project funded and approved, the sand selection (if not dredging the sand from the ocean floor) is super specific.
The Toms River Township Council approved a contract this week for $438,525 to repair the dunes that were badly damaged in the February nor easter we had back in February. Since this got approved they can move forward and work diligently to get our beaches ready for Memorial Day weekend.
You’ll be seeing Earle Asphalt hall loads and loads of sand to Ortley Beach. Of course they will grade the beach as well looking for hot spots of damage from the storms. A fencing contractor will make the finishing touch repairs as well. I didn’t realize this, but there is actually a specific and detailed process to selecting the sand that is used for the project. The township had to follow strict guidelines from the state Department of Environmental Protection in choosing the sand, which has to be similar in
Opinion New York City s waste future could be shaped by the closure of an island jail
Closing Rikers Island as a jail offers an opportunity to change aspects of New York s waste management infrastructure and potentially rethink expanding the city s role in overseeing it. Published April 15, 2021 John Moore via Getty Images
The following is a guest piece by Robert Lange, former director of the New York City Department of Sanitation s recycling program. He retired from the agency in 2016 after more than 20 years.
The closure of Rikers Island as a jail provides an opportunity to not only change aspects of New York s waste management infrastructure, but also to potentially rethink expanding the city s role in overseeing it.