HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5162        FILED ON: 11/15/2016

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Louis L. Kafka and James E. Timilty

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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  authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5162        FILED ON: 11/15/2016

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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  authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon.

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.  Subject to receipt of all approvals required under section 2 hereof and following satisfaction of all procedures adopted by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, including the payment to the Authority of an entrance fee, said Authority is hereby authorized to provide sewer services through the Town of Stoughton, Massachusetts to the parcel of property owned by [Parrish Family, LLC], the land with the buildings thereon now known and numbered as 355 and 407 Bay Road, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts consisting and shown as a parcel consisting of 44.13 acres of land located at the intersection of Bay Road and East Street in said Sharon; and more particularly accurately described in a Plan entitled ‘Plan of Land in Sharon Massachusetts’ prepared for Robert E. and Stanley E. Parrish, by Dunn Engineering Company, Inc. and dated November 15, 1990 which plan is recorded at Plan Book 400 as plan #514, and shown as Parcel ID # 114002001 in the Town of Sharon Assessor’s database, provided that discharges may not exceed a maximum of 10,000 gallons per day, unless an additional volume is approved by MWRA.  The Authority may allow the property to be used and serviced by said sewer system to the same extent as parcels of property located within the district currently served by the Authority.  All costs and expenses incurred for engineering, design and construction, inclusive of all supervision, labor, equipment and materials, relative to the sewer tie-in shall be paid by said property owner.

Section 2.    The sewer connection to Stoughton’s infrastructure and the provision of sewer services by the Authority for any discharges shall commence only after the MWRA Board of Directors has voted approval having first made the findings as set forth in paragraph (c) of section eight of chapter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-four and having made such other determinations in accordance with applicable policies of the Authority and after all required approvals have been received, including, as applicable, the approval of the community of origin, transporting community, all other regulatory bodies where required, and the MWRA Advisory Board.  

Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon passage.