{"AmendmentNumber":"467","ParentBillNumber":"S3064","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"H_L1","Name":"Hadley Luddy","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/H_L1","ResponseDate":"2026-06-16T16:24:24.917"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Nitrogen-Sensitive Area Protection","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Luddy of Orleans moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:\r\n\"SECTION XXXX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, including any provision of law granting exclusive authority to a state agency to regulate the application of fertilizers, a city or town located wholly or partially within a watershed subject to an approved areawide water quality management plan pursuant to section 208 of the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1288, may adopt and enforce ordinances, bylaws, regulations, or other local requirements governing the use, sale, storage, distribution, or application of fertilizers and other nutrient-containing products within designated nitrogen-sensitive areas.\r\n\r\nFor purposes of this section, a \"nitrogen-sensitive area\" shall mean an area identified by the municipality, a regional planning agency acting pursuant to a section 208 water quality management plan, or the department of environmental protection as contributing to nitrogen impairment of groundwater, surface waters, estuaries, embayments, coastal waters, wetlands, or public water supplies.\r\n\r\nSuch ordinances, bylaws, regulations, and requirements may apply to both public and private property and may include, but shall not be limited to, prohibitions on fertilizer application, restrictions on application timing and rates, setbacks from water resources, nutrient management requirements, and exemptions for commercial agriculture or other uses determined appropriate by the municipality.\r\n\r\nA city or town exercising authority under this section may adopt standards that are more stringent than otherwise required under state law and shall not be required to obtain special legislation or approval through a home rule petition pursuant to Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth.\"\r\n\r\n"}