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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4668
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 23, 2024.
6	6	The committee on Environment and Natural Resources, to whom were
7	7	referred the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 44) of Lindsay
8	8	N. Sabadosa and Paul W. Mark relative to the use of Department of
9	9	Conservation and Recreation land for emergency service access in the
10	10	town of Cummington; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 741)
11	11	of James Arciero relative to on-site sewage disposal systems; the petition
12	12	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 742) of James C. Arena-DeRosa and
13	13	others relative to the use and protection of pollinators by further regulating
14	14	the spraying, release, deposit or application of a neonicotinoid on certain
15	15	agricultural land; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 743) of
16	16	Bruce J. Ayers relative to Long and Moon Islands in Boston Harbor; the
17	17	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 746) of Bruce J. Ayers relative
18	18	to authorizing and directing the Division of Waterways to dredge the
19	19	harbor area surrounding the Squantum Yacht Club and Wollaston Yacht
20	20	Club in the city of Quincy; the petition (accompanied by resolve, House,
21	21	No. 748) of Bruce J. Ayers for an investigation by a special commission
22	22	(including members of the General Court) relative to the long-term
23	23	management and maintenance of certain harbor islands; the petition
24	24	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 749) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to
25	25	directing the Department of Fish and Game to study the feasibility of re-
26	26	purposing the former Moon Island Sewage Treatment Plant for use as a
27	27	fish and shellfish farm; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 750)
28	28	of Natalie M. Blais, Patricia A. Duffy and others relative to establishing
29	29	sustainable and equitable funding for climate change adaptation and
30	30	mitigation; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 751) of Natalie
31	31	M. Blais, Susannah M. Whipps and others relative to authorizing the
32	32	waiving of sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use
33	33	wheelchairs as their primary source of mobility; the petition (accompanied
34	34	by bill, House, No. 756) of Natalie M. Blais, Mindy Domb and Aaron L.
35	35	Saunders that the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
36	36	be authorized to establish the office of outdoor recreation; the petition 2 of 5
37	37	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 757) of Natalie M. Blais and others that
38	38	certain sales tax revenues be dedicated to an outdoor recreation trust fund;
39	39	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 761) of Tackey Chan for
40	40	legislation to expand pleasure boat access to Boston Harbor; the petition
41	41	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 762) of Tackey Chan for legislation to
42	42	require the dredging of the harbor area surrounding Houghs Neck in the
43	43	city of Quincy; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 763) of
44	44	Tackey Chan relative to the lease of property used by non-profit yacht
45	45	clubs and other non-profit organizations operating boating programs; the
46	46	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 772) of Manny Cruz relative to
47	47	concurrent jurisdiction on National Park Service properties; the petition
48	48	(accompanied by resolve, House, No. 778) of Vincent L. Dixon for an
49	49	investigation by a special commission (including members of the General
50	50	Court) to study the economic consequences of climate change; the petition
51	51	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 780) of Michael S. Day for legislation to
52	52	increase access to recycling in the Commonwealth; the petition
53	53	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 781) of David F. DeCoste and Patrick
54	54	Joseph Kearney relative to bow hunting for deer in Wompatuck State
55	55	Park; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 782) of David F.
56	56	DeCoste and Michael J. Soter for legislation to establish the board of
57	57	registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals; the petition
58	58	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 788) of Michelle M. DuBois for
59	59	legislation to further regulate the building or expansion of solid waste
60	60	disposal facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 789) of
61	61	Michelle M. DuBois and Rodney M. Elliott relative to decreasing the
62	62	siting or expansion of toxics release inventory facilities within certain low
63	63	income or minority populated neighborhoods; the petition (accompanied
64	64	by bill, House, No. 791) of Rodney M. Elliott that the the Department of
65	65	Conservation and Recreation erect a certain statue in the city of Lowell
66	66	along the Merrimack River; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
67	67	797) of Dylan A. Fernandes and Michelle M. DuBois relative to beach
68	68	access and parking fees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
69	69	800) of Paul K. Frost relative to authorizing the use of bow and arrows for
70	70	Sunday hunting; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 801) of
71	71	William C. Galvin, Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. and Kate Lipper-
72	72	Garabedian relative to dogs brought into the Commonwealth by animal
73	73	rescue organizations; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 802)
74	74	of William C. Galvin, Thomas M. Stanley and Michelle M. DuBois
75	75	relative to the siting of refuse facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill,
76	76	House, No. 820) of Carlos González and others relative to requiring the 3 of 5
77	77	sealing of containers transporting solid waste; the petition (accompanied
78	78	by bill, House, No. 821) of Kenneth I. Gordon, Michelle M. DuBois and
79	79	Margaret R. Scarsdale relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the
80	80	Commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 822) of
81	81	Kenneth I. Gordon and others relative to the office of the state
82	82	climatologist within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
83	83	Affairs; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 824) of Richard M.
84	84	Haggerty relative to further defining an environmental justice population;
85	85	the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 827) of Karen Spencer for
86	86	legislation to further regulate fluoridation of public water supplies; the
87	87	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 829) of Steven S. Howitt and
88	88	others relative to the installation of septic tank pipes; the petition
89	89	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 830) of Steven S. Howitt relative to
90	90	illegally disposing of certain waste; the petition (accompanied by bill,
91	91	House, No. 831) of Daniel J. Hunt relative to Department of Conservation
92	92	and Recreation retained revenue; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
93	93	No. 838) of Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to protect open space,
94	94	historical resources, and community housing from coastal threats; the
95	95	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 840) of Patrick Joseph Kearney
96	96	and Michelle M. DuBois relative to the use of waste-to-energy municipal
97	97	solid waste plant technology and forest-derived biomass; the petition
98	98	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 857) of John J. Mahoney for legislation
99	99	to further regulate toxic use reduction plans; the petition (accompanied by
100	100	bill, House, No. 865) of David K. Muradian, Jr., relative to the
101	101	promulgation of regulations by the Director of Fisheries and Wildlife
102	102	within the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law
103	103	Enforcement for the use and possession of shotgun ammunition types for
104	104	the purposes of hunting; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
105	105	866) of David K. Muradian, Jr., for legislation to establish a wildland
106	106	acquisition account from monies received from the sale of wildland
107	107	conservation stamps; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 880)
108	108	of Edward R. Philips and others relative to emerging contaminants on
109	109	public water systems; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 888)
110	110	of David M. Rogers and Margaret R. Scarsdale relative to residential solid
111	111	waste disposal and the implementation of mandatory reporting standards
112	112	for cities and towns; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 891) of
113	113	David M. Rogers and others for legislation to further regulate solid waste
114	114	facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 894) of Lindsay
115	115	N. Sabadosa, Aaron L. Saunders and others relative to forest management
116	116	and practices guidelines; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4 of 5
117	117	895) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Margaret R. Scarsdale and David Henry
118	118	Argosky LeBoeuf for legislation to further regulate climate policy and
119	119	regulate carbon emissions; the petition (accompanied by resolve, House,
120	120	No. 898) of Margaret R. Scarsdale for an investigation of appropriate
121	121	staffing levels and resources necessary to carry out climate change
122	122	response planning and strategy at the regional level; the petition
123	123	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 902) of Danillo A. Sena, Smitty
124	124	Pignatelli and others relative to the quality of drinking water from private
125	125	wells; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 903) of Danillo A.
126	126	Sena relative to requiring lead free ammunition when taking wildlife; the
127	127	petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 911) of William M. Straus
128	128	relative to capturing and trapping furbearing mammals; the petition
129	129	(accompanied by bill, House, No. 914) of Chynah Tyler, Jon Santiago and
130	130	Michelle M. DuBois relative to solid waste disposal facilities in
131	131	environmental justice communities; the petition (accompanied by bill,
132	132	House, No. 917) of Marcus S. Vaughn that the Secretary of Energy and
133	133	Environmental Affairs be directed to perform a study of Kingsbury Pond
134	134	in the town of Norfolk; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 924)
135	135	of Susannah M. Whipps relative to non-residents operating snowmobiles
136	136	during a free snowmobile weekend; the petition (accompanied by bill,
137	137	House, No. 925) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik and Joseph D. McKenna for
138	138	legislation to further regulate deer hunting; the petition (accompanied by
139	139	bill, House, No. 926) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik relative to the use of shotgun
140	140	ammunition for hunting; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
141	141	3580) of Rodney M. Elliott relative to certain manufactured chemicals
142	142	known as PFAS; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3785) of
143	143	Christopher Richard Flanagan relative to establishing a habitat
144	144	conservation plan for a piping plover municipal technical assistance and
145	145	monitoring program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3854)
146	146	of Christopher Richard Flanagan that the Department of Environmental
147	147	Protection provide certain variances to municipalities with comprehensive
148	148	wastewater management plans; and the petition (accompanied by bill,
149	149	House, No. 4182) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco that the Department of
150	150	Conservation and Recreation be authorized to release certain land use
151	151	restrictions in the city of Revere, reports recommending that the
152	152	accompanying order (House, No. 4668) ought to be adopted.
153	153	For the committee,
154	154	DANIEL CAHILL. 5 of 5
155	155	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4668
156	156	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
157	157	House of Representatives,
158	158	1 Ordered, That the committee on Environment and Natural Resources be authorized to sit
159	159	2during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents
160	160	3numbered 44, 741, 742, 743, 746, 748, 749, 750, 751, 756, 757, 761, 762, 763, 772, 778, 780,
161	161	4781, 782, 788, 789, 791, 797, 800, 801, 802, 820, 821, 822, 824, 827, 829, 830, 831, 838, 840,
162	162	5857, 865, 866, 880, 888, 891, 894, 895, 898, 902, 903, 911, 914, 917, 924, 925, 926, 3580, 3785,
163	163	63854 and 4182, relative to environment and natural resources matters.
164	164	7 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
165	165	8and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
166	166	9recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
167	167	10on or before December 31, 2024.