HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 249        FILED ON: 1/12/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 771

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

RoseLee Vincent

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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 prohibit licensing by the Department of Environmental Protection at the Wheelabrator facility in the town of Saugus.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/12/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 249        FILED ON: 1/12/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 771

By Ms. Vincent of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 771) of RoseLee Vincent relative to the licensing of a third burner at the Wheelabrator facility in the town of Saugus.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 791 OF 2013-2014.]

 

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 prohibit licensing by the Department of Environmental Protection at the Wheelabrator facility in the town of Saugus.

 

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

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of environmental protection shall not approve or issue a license for a third burner at the Wheelabrator facility in the town of Saugus or any other solid waste disposal process that would result in additional air emissions or ash disposal at the Saugus incinerator and adjacent ash landfill on Route 107.