Amendment ID: S2591-4

Amendment 4

Agricultural Composting Programs

Mr. Eldridge, Ms. O'Connor Ives and Ms. L'Italien move that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following sections:

SECTION XX. Subsection (b) of section 7 of chapter 21H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 18, the words “food and agriculture” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- environmental protection

SECTION XX. Said subsection (b) of section 7 of chapter 21H is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- Said department of environmental protection shall not delegate such regulatory authority to any other executive agency or allow for exception from such regulations for any type of composting operation.