Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4668

Introduced
5/23/24  
Refer
5/23/24  

Caption

Environment and natural resources matters

Impact

The bill will potentially enforce stricter regulations on the use of neonicotinoids, a harmful pesticide, and enhance the oversight of solid waste disposal facilities. Additionally, it aims to promote the use of conservation land for necessary emergency services, thereby improving public safety while considering environmental stewardship. If adopted, it will reframe the relationship between state policies and local implementations regarding environmental management.

Summary

House Bill H4668 seeks to address a wide range of issues related to environmental protection and the management of natural resources in Massachusetts. It encompasses various petitions that focus on enhancing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, improving the protection of pollinators, and regulating the disposal of waste. This comprehensive approach signifies the state's commitment to sustainability and ecological preservation in the face of ongoing environmental challenges.

Contention

Although the bill aims to strengthen environmental protections, it may face opposition from industries that perceive these regulations as burdensome. Stakeholders in agriculture and waste management may express concerns regarding the implications of stringent regulations on their operations. Furthermore, discussions around the need for balancing local governance with state mandates could arise, especially concerning the control over local natural resources and land use.

Companion Bills

MA H4555

Similar To Study Order

MA H4738

Similar To Study Order

MA H4794

Similar To Study Order

MA H4735

Similar To Waterways, wastewater, floods and other related matters

MA H4852

Similar To Study Order

MA H838

Replaces To protect open space, historical resources, and community housing from coastal threats

MA H821

Replaces Relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the Commonwealth

MA H831

Replaces Relative to DCR retained revenue

MA H763

Replaces Relative to DCR yacht club fees reflecting waterway access

MA H891

Replaces To require transparency and disclosure by materials recovery facilities

MA H914

Replaces Relative to solid waste disposal facilities in environmental justice communities

MA H857

Replaces To reform the Toxic Use Reduction Act

MA H829

Replaces Relative to septic installers

MA H782

Replaces Relative to the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals

MA H780

Replaces To increase access to recycling

MA H781

Replaces Relative to bow hunting for deer in Wompatuck State Park

MA H802

Replaces Relative to the siting of facilities dealing with refuse

MA H797

Replaces Removing barriers to beach access

MA H778

Replaces Resolve to review, consider, and evaluate, and to establish a suitable body and/or special commission to consider climate change economic consequences

MA H820

Replaces Relative to requiring the sealing of containers transporting solid waste

MA H888

Replaces To incentivize the reduction of residential waste disposal

MA H903

Replaces Requiring nonlead ammunition when taking wildlife

MA H917

Replaces To establish a study of Kingsbury Pond in the town of Norfolk

MA H830

Replaces Relative to waste disposal

MA H746

Replaces Relative to the Division of Waterways to dredge Quincy Bay

MA H751

Replaces Waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility

MA H895

Replaces To require separate carbon accounting for working lands and natural lands and to eliminate from Massachusetts net-zero carbon emissions goal any carbon offsets sold to entities outside of the Commonwealth

MA H801

Replaces Relative to dogs brought into the Commonwealth by animal rescue organizations

MA H748

Replaces Resolve to establish a special commission to perform an investigation and providing for a study relative to the long term management, maintenance and future use of the Boston Harbor Long and Moon Islands

MA H824

Replaces Further defining an environmental justice population

MA H761

Replaces Expanding pleasure boat access to Boston Harbor

MA H789

Replaces Limiting toxics release inventory facilities in environmental justice communities

MA H926

Replaces Relative to the use of shotgun ammunition for hunting

MA H902

Replaces Promoting drinking water quality for all

MA H866

Replaces Relative to critical wildlife habitat management

MA H743

Replaces Relative to Long and Moon Islands in Boston Harbor

MA H750

Replaces Establishing sustainable and equitable funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation

MA H898

Replaces Resolve for a climate change staffing study

MA H894

Replaces Relative to forest management and practices guidelines

MA H827

Replaces Relative to fluoridation

MA H788

Replaces Protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities

MA H791

Replaces Relative to the placement of a certain statue in the city of Lowell along the Merrimack River

MA H741

Replaces Relative to on-site sewage disposal systems

MA H742

Replaces To protect Massachusetts pollinators

MA H822

Replaces Relative to the Office of the State Climatologist

MA H772

Replaces Relative to concurrent jurisdiction on National Park Service properties

MA H911

Replaces Authorizing permitting by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game

MA H865

Replaces Relative to the use of shotguns

MA H762

Replaces Authorizing and directing the director of the Division of Waterways to dredge the harbor area surrounding Houghs Neck in the city of Quincy

MA H749

Replaces Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game to study the feasibility of repurposing the former Moon Island Sewage Treatment Plant for the purposes of fish and shellfish farms

MA H925

Replaces Relative to certain hunting zones

MA H840

Replaces To assure the attainment of greenhouse gas emissions goals in the alternative portfolio standard

MA H924

Replaces To establish a free snowmobile weekend

MA H800

Replaces Authorizing the use of bow and arrows for Sunday hunting

MA H757

Replaces Creating the outdoor recreation program

MA H756

Replaces Establishing an office of outdoor recreation

MA H880

Replaces To improve the review and regulation of emerging contaminants on public water systems

MA H3580

Replaces Relative to certain manufactured chemicals known as PFAS

MA H3785

Replaces Relative to formalizing the category of endangered species

MA H3854

Replaces Relative formalizing Title V and Watershed regulations

MA H44

Replaces To improve emergency service access in Cummington

MA H4182

Replaces Releasing certain land use restrictions held by the department of conservation and recreation

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