HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 176        FILED ON: 1/7/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 785

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act providing for the protection of public water supply..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 150A of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following definition:-

“Contaminated soil”, soil that contains oil or hazardous materials as a result of a release to the environment.

SECTION 2.  Section 150A of chapter 111 is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the section, the following paragraph:-

Contaminated soil is prohibited from being disposed of, stored, stockpiled, used as landfill cover, or used as fill material for any and all purposes within the boundaries of the zone of contribution of any public or private groundwater drinking water supply or of the watershed of any surface drinking water supply.