HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2862 FILED ON: 1/16/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3410
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michelle M. DuBois
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act protecting public drinking water.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 1/16/2015 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 4/15/2015 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 12/27/2019 |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 12/27/2019 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Bristol | 12/27/2019 |
Carmine L. Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 4/8/2015 |
Carlos Gonzalez | 10th Hampden | 4/15/2015 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 12/27/2019 |
Paul R. Heroux | 2nd Bristol | 4/14/2015 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 4/13/2015 |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex | 4/15/2015 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 12/27/2019 |
Paul A. Schmid, III | 8th Bristol | 4/13/2015 |
Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk | 4/15/2015 |
Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | 4/15/2015 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 4/15/2015 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2862 FILED ON: 1/16/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3410
By Ms. DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3410) of Michelle M. DuBois and others for legislation to further regulate the building or expansion of solid waste disposal facilities. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act protecting public drinking water.
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 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph the following paragraph:-
No site shall be assigned as a place for a new facility or for the expansion of an existing facility if the site is located within a zone of 400 feet of: (1) a public water supply well or well field; (2) that area of an aquifer which: (i) contributes water to a to a well under recharge and pumping conditions that allow safe yield of the well for 180 days without any natural recharge occurring, and (ii) is bounded by the groundwater divides which result from pumping the well and by contact of the edge of the aquifer with less permeable materials; or (3) that area of an aquifer which contributes water to a spring under naturally flowing conditions. Such zone may include streams or lakes that act as recharge boundaries. Such zone shall be considered to extend up-gradient to its point of intersection with prevailing hydrogeologic boundaries.
SECTION 2. The department of environmental protection may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the requirements of this act.