HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 863        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 914

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Chynah Tyler and Jon Santiago

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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 solid waste disposal facilities in environmental justice communities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

1/17/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

1/20/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/14/2023

John Francis Moran

9th Suffolk

9/18/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 863        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 914

By Representatives Tyler of Boston and Santiago of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 914) of Chynah Tyler, Jon Santiago and Michelle M. DuBois relative to solid waste disposal facilities in environmental justice communities.  Environment and Natural Resources.

 

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 solid waste disposal facilities in environmental justice communities.

 

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

Section 150A of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the seventeenth paragraph, the following paragraph:-

The department shall adopt regulations related to violations of the terms of a permit by facilities within environmental justice communities. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, substantial monetary fines that increase with each violation of the terms of a permit by facilities within environmental justice communities and permit revocation for facilities within environmental justice communities that violate the terms of such permit regularly.