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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Section 13: Statewide reduction goal

Section 13. (A) The goal of the commonwealth is to achieve by 1997, through toxics use reduction, a fifty percent (50%) reduction from 1987 quantities of toxic or hazardous byproducts generated by industry in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(B) The department shall compile annually the goals of all reduction plans submitted by toxics users. By January 1, 1995, the department shall complete a report comparing large quantity toxics user goals to the statewide goal and file a copy of the report with the council, the clerk of the Senate, the clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture.