HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2292        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

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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:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2292        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3220 OF 2017-2018.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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, 2019.