HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4563

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 22, 2024.

The committee on Environment and Natural Resources, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 817) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative to the expansion of existing landfills, monofills, or ash landfills located in or adjacent to areas of critical environmental concern, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4563) ought to pass.

 

For the committee,

 

DANIEL CAHILL.



        FILED ON: 4/12/2024

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4563

 

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to landfills and areas of critical environmental concern.

 

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, no new landfill, monofill, or ash landfill shall be established in or adjacent to an area designated by the commonwealth as an area of critical environmental concern pursuant to subsection (7) of section 2 of chapter 21A of the General Laws.