Deferment Process - Plastic Reduction

Application

Applications can be submitted electronically to the BOH: edragon@hadleyma.org

or can be mailed to:    Hadley Board of Health, 100 Middle St., Hadley, MA 01035

(Please scroll to bottom of page where the application can be found)

All applications for Hardship Deferment must be received by the Hadley Board of Health by Tuesday January 31st, 2022.

Information on Hardship Deferments Related to the Ordinance for Plastic Reduction

Hadley businesses may apply for a Hardship Deferment by submitting a request for a waiver of up to one year to achieve compliance because of undue hardship. The request for deferment must be submitted on the form ‘Request for Hardship Deferment Related to Plastic Reduction’.

Procedure 

Upon written application to the Board of Health, after a public hearing (to be held on January 9th, 2023), the Board of Health may defer application of this section for up to one year after the effective date of this bylaw upon a showing of hardship. The establishment that the condition of this section would cause:

• Compliance with any section of this section would cause significant economic difficulty; or
• There is no readily available compliant substitute

Decision Making 

The Board of Health may approve the hardship deferment application, in whole or in part, with or without conditions that it deems necessary to protect the environment and public health, and further the interests of this bylaw.  Deferment decisions are effective immediately and final.

Extensions

A deferment may be extended upon written application to the Board of Health at least two months prior to the expiration of the prior hardship deferment period, and upon a showing that the circumstances justifying the hardship deferment continue to exist. Hardship deferment extensions may only be granted for intervals not to exceed one year.