SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1227        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 467

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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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 An act relative to wastewater facilities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1227        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 467

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 467) of Bruce E. Tarr, Denise Provost, Michael O. Moore, F. Jay Barrows and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to wastewater facilities.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 410 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 An act relative to wastewater facilities.

 

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 other general or special law to the contrary, the department of environmental protection shall evaluate the feasibility, cost, advantages and disadvantages of obtaining from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, to the extent permitted by federal law, delegated authority over  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) programs.  The department shall file a report detailing its findings, together with any legislative recommendations necessary to obtaining such authority, with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives not later than August 1, 2015.