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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 547 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2056 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act further regulating siting of solid waste facilities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/12/2023Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk1/19/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/8/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 547 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2056 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Giannino of Revere and Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 2056) of Jessica Ann Giannino, Jeffrey Rosario Turco and Michelle M. DuBois for |
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| 20 | 20 | | legislation to further regulate the siting of solid waste facilities. Municipalities and Regional |
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| 21 | 21 | | Government. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2161 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act further regulating siting of solid waste facilities. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 150A1/2 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 22014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsections at the end of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3section:— |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 (18) the potential adverse impacts on municipalities containing Environmental Justice |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5Population, (defined as a neighborhood whose annual median household income is equal to or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6less than 65 percent of the statewide median or whose population is made up 25 percent minority |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7or lacking English language proficiency), within one mile of the proposed site including the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8potential adverse impacts on the considerations stated within this section for which site |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9suitability standards and criteria are established. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 (19) the potential for the site to be impacted by anticipated sea level rise or coastal storm |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11surge associated with climate change. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 (20) the proximity to and potential impacts of the site on designated Areas of Critical |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13Environmental Concern. |
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