Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Start Time:: 1:00 PM
Location:: A-1 and Virtual
Event Description: Waste, Toxins, and Pollution

The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a hybrid public hearing to accept written and oral testimony on the below-listed legislation. This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Becca Rausch. Please be advised that the docket is subject to change by agreement of the Chairs.

Persons seeking to provide oral testimony, whether in person or remotely, are asked to pre-register by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 16, 2025, using this online form: https://forms.office.com/g/uFgnz062ag. Persons seeking to testify remotely must pre-register by the stated deadline; further instructions on how to participate will be provided after registration. Oral testimony is limited to 3 minutes per person. Oral testimony from panels comprised of four (4) or more individuals is limited to 10 minutes total, to be distributed at the discretion of the panelists. Individuals and panels may testify only once, and testimony may cover multiple bills; all testimony must be completed within the stated time limits. The Chairs may reduce the testimony time limits at their discretion.

Written testimony does not require pre-registration and may be submitted via email to: JointCommittee.Environment@malegislature.gov. Written testimony should be submitted not later than two (2) weeks following the hearing date.

All above-listed matters filed in the House are required to be reported on by August 16, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website: https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Committee page: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J21/Hearings.

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness, or safety of the testifier or others.

The Committee strongly prefers that written testimony be submitted by email, as specified above. If email submission is not possible, written testimony may be submitted in hard copy to:

Senator Becca Rausch, Chair

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

State House Room 215

Boston, MA 02133

Questions regarding the hearing, legislation, or reasonable accommodations to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process may be directed to Clay Spivey with Chair Rausch at Clayton.Spivey@masenate.gov or 617-722-1555, or Jacob Newman with Chair Barber at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov.
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources - 6-17-2025	6/17/2025 1:00 PM	02:34:28

Waste, Toxins, and Pollution 1:00pm - 3:45pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.887	An Act relative to on-site sewage disposal systems	James Arciero
H.897	An Act to overcome coastal and environmental acidification and nutrient pollution	Michelle L. Badger
H.909	An Act to establish a grant and loan program for low noise, low emissions landscape maintenance equipment	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.922	An Act relative to greywater recycling	Mark J. Cusack
H.929	An Act relative to the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals	David F. DeCoste
H.937	An Act restricting the use of effluent water in cooling towers	Michelle M. DuBois
H.942	An Act relative to the siting of facilities dealing with refuse	William C. Galvin
H.947	An Act relative to brownsfields assessment and remediation funds accessibility	Colleen M. Garry
H.955	An Act relative to solid waste byproduct management and control	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.959	An Act relative to toxic air contaminant reduction	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.960	An Act relative to requiring the sealing of containers transporting solid waste	Carlos González
H.970	An Act relative to septic installers	Steven S. Howitt
H.973	An Act relative to Title V approval	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.998	An Act to reform the Toxics Use Reduction Act	John J. Mahoney
H.1009	An Act to overcome coastal and environmental acidification and nutrient pollution	Thomas W. Moakley
H.1012	An Act relative to further testing after a CSO event	Tram T. Nguyen
H.1018	An Act updating the management of the Commonwealth's water resources	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.1030	An Act relative to the sewer rate relief fund	David Allen Robertson
H.1031	An Act relative to combined sewer overflows	David M. Rogers
H.1037	An Act to require transparency and disclosure by materials recovery facilities	David M. Rogers
H.1040	An Act ban the use of tire-derived materials in playgrounds and playing fields in Massachusetts	Jeffrey N. Roy
H.1045	An Act relative to liability for release of hazardous materials	Margaret R. Scarsdale
H.1046	An Act to eliminate combined sewer overflows in Massachusetts waterways	Greg Schwartz
H.2600	An Act relative to the establishment of the PFAS research and development public safety fund	Carol A. Doherty
H.4040	An Act preventing the discharge of radioactive materials	Michelle L. Badger
S.555	An Act to establish a grant and loan program for low-noise, low-emissions landscape maintenance equipment	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.566	An Act to overcome coastal and environmental acidification and nutrient pollution	Julian Cyr
S.591	An Act relative to greywater recycling	James B. Eldridge
S.593	An Act to reform the toxic use reduction act	Ryan C. Fattman
S.599	An Act to overcome coastal and environmental acidification and nutrient pollution	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.606	An Act providing for further testing after a combined sewage overflow event	Barry R. Finegold
S.608	An Act relative to combined sewer overflows	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.615	An Act relative to liability for release of hazardous materials	Edward J. Kennedy
S.626	An Act to consider adoption of aspects of the German Green Dot Waste Reduction Standards	Jason M. Lewis
S.627	An Act relative to the use of glyphosate on public lands	Jason M. Lewis
S.637	An Act relative to Title 5 of the State Environmental Code	Mark C. Montigny
S.645	An Act prohibiting the use of coal tar sealers	Michael O. Moore
S.646	An Act relative to the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.664	An Act relative to liability for release of hazardous materials	Bruce E. Tarr
S.665	An Act relative to the removal and disposal of waste oil	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (8)

Christine P. Barber (HOU)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

John R. Gaskey (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Mark D. Sylvia (HOU)

Absent (3)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU) *

Dawne Shand (HOU) *

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU) *

	Document
	H887 Bill Summary
	H897 Bill Summary
	H909 Bill Summary
	H922 Bill Summary
	H929 Bill Summary
	H937 Bill Summary
	H942 Bill Summary
	H947 Bill Summary
	H955 Bill Summary
	H959 Bill Summary
	H960 Bill Summary
	H970 Bill Summary
	H973 Bill Summary
	H998 Bill Summary
	H1009 Bill Summary
	H1012 Bill Summary
	H1018 Bill Summary
	H1030 Bill Summary
	H1031 Bill Summary
	H1037 Bill Summary
	H1040 Bill Summary
	H1045 Bill Summary
	H1046 Bill Summary
	H2600 Bill Summary
	H4040 Bill Summary

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