Amendment #11 to H4876

Solid Waste Disposal Facilities in Environmental Justice Communities

Ms. Tyler of Boston moves to amend the amendment by adding the following section:

Section XX. 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.

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Solid Waste Disposal Facilities in Environmental Justice Communities