HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3261        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3220

 

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 relative to the closure of the Saugus ash landfill.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/20/2017

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/31/2017

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/3/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/1/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3261        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3220

By Ms. Vincent of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3220) of RoseLee Vincent and others relative to the closure of the Saugus ash landfill.  Municipalities and Regional Government.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to the closure of the Saugus ash landfill.

 

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 facility known as the Wheelabrator Saugus Ash Landfill or Saugus Ash Monofill, 100 Salem Turnpike, Saugus, Massachusetts, 01906, (“Ash Landfill”) shall cease all operations and begin installing a final, permanent cap at the earliest of the following:

1. December 31, 2022.

2. Should the final two of the five drainage valleys (Valleys One and Two) of the Ash Landfill as described in the Environmental Notification Form Saugus Ash Monofill, submitted by Wheelabrator Saugus to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office and dated May, 2016, (the “ENF”) be filled to a 2% valley slope as described in the ENF. The area proposed to be filled comprises 39 acres and 400,000 cubic yards of airspace according to the ENF.

3. Should Wheelabrator Saugus dispose of 450,000 tons of ash or other material at the Ash Landfill beginning January 1, 2017.