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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5318
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2170
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. CARNEY, 23
rd Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61
st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCHARGE OF CONTAMINATED
WATER INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BY MASSACHUSETTS -
BASED ENTITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of 1
Energy and Environmental Protection to study and create a report 2
concerning the discharge of contaminated water by Massachusetts-3
based entities into the Connecticut River and require said agency to 4
issue a recommendation to the Attorney General on bringing legal 5
action against Massachusetts for the remediation, discontinuance and 6
prevention of such discharges. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To stop the state of Massachusetts from allowing the discharge of
pollutants into the Connecticut River.