HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 618        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 676

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sean Garballey

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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 to regulate the incineration of solid waste.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/13/2015

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

8/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

8/30/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

8/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 618        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 676

By Mr. Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 676) of Sean Garballey and others relative to prohibiting additional incineration of solid waste materials.  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 to regulate the incineration of solid waste.

 

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 adding the following paragraphs:—

No site in any city or town shall be assigned as a new site, or for the expansion of an existing site of a facility for the combustion, incineration, thermal conversion, or gasification of municipal solid waste or construction and demolition debris, or a resource recovery facility, which is rated by the department at more than one ton of refuse per hour.

The department shall not grant a permit for a facility, or for the expansion of an existing facility for the combustion, incineration, thermal conversion, or gasification of municipal solid waste or construction and demolition debris, or a resource recovery facility, which is rated by the department at more than one ton of refuse per hour.

SECTION 2. Said chapter 111 is hereby amended by inserting after section 150B the following section:-

Section 150C

In sections one hundred fifty C, the following definitions shall, have the following meaning:

“Incineration” - oxidation of solid waste by any means, including burning, thermal conversion, pyrolysis, gasification, torrefaction or any other process which either causes thermal conversion, rapid oxidation, or converts said material to a gaseous, liquid, or solid fuel that is to be burned at the site where the conversion takes place, or in another location

“Anaerobic Digestion” – a series of processes in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen.

(A) The Department shall not approve, issue, or extend any permits for incineration of municipal solid waste or construction and demolition debris which extend past April 22, 2024.

(B) The Department shall revoke any permits for incineration which extend past April 22, 2024

(C) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the establishment and permitting of facilities which utilize Anaerobic Digestion

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.