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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4735 |
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| 3 | 3 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 4 | 4 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 15, 2024. |
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| 6 | 6 | | The committee on Environment and Natural Resources, to whom were |
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| 7 | 7 | | referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 744) of Bruce J. |
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| 8 | 8 | | Ayers relative to the funding of waterway projects and coastal protection |
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| 9 | 9 | | initiatives; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 745) of Bruce J. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ayers relative to community preservation funds for seawall repairs; the |
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| 11 | 11 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 747) of Bruce J. Ayers relative |
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| 12 | 12 | | to the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet shops; the petition (accompanied |
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| 13 | 13 | | by bill, House, No. 774) of Josh S. Cutler and Patrick Joseph Kearney for |
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| 14 | 14 | | legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | General Court) to investigate the possibility of creating a state grant or low |
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| 16 | 16 | | interest loan program for properties prone to flooding; the petition |
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| 17 | 17 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 806) of Elliot Elkin relative to |
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| 18 | 18 | | establishing a special commission on sustainable aviation fuel-induced |
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| 19 | 19 | | contrail mitigation; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 832) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to subsurface systems for the |
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| 21 | 21 | | disposal of domestic sewage; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, |
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| 22 | 22 | | No. 834) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to ocean |
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| 23 | 23 | | acidification; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 841) of |
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| 24 | 24 | | Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to a marine special activity license |
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| 25 | 25 | | program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 842) of Patrick |
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| 26 | 26 | | Joseph Kearney for legislation to establish a flood mitigation and |
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| 27 | 27 | | preparedness program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 848) |
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| 28 | 28 | | of Kathleen R. LaNatra, Christopher Hendricks and Patrick Joseph |
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| 29 | 29 | | Kearney relative to establishing a commercial fisheries offshore wind |
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| 30 | 30 | | mitigation fund to be administered by the Division of Marine Fisheries; |
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| 31 | 31 | | the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 856) of Adrian C. Madaro |
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| 32 | 32 | | that the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs establish a special |
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| 33 | 33 | | board to identify and assess the cumulative social, economic and public |
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| 34 | 34 | | health impacts of permissible land uses and water uses within designated |
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| 35 | 35 | | port areas in environmental justice communities; the petition |
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| 36 | 36 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 858) of Christopher M. Markey and 2 of 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | others for an investigation and study by a special commission (including |
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| 38 | 38 | | members of the General Court) relative to deer population control; the |
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| 39 | 39 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 867) of Mathew J. Muratore |
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| 40 | 40 | | and others for an investigation by a special commission (including |
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| 41 | 41 | | members of the General Court) to study the feasibility of creating and |
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| 42 | 42 | | implementing a gypsy moth spraying program; the petition (accompanied |
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| 43 | 43 | | by bill, House, No. 883) of David Allen Robertson relative to industrial |
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| 44 | 44 | | wastewater discharges of dental facilities; the petition (accompanied by |
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| 45 | 45 | | bill, House, No. 885) of David Allen Robertson relative to maximum |
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| 46 | 46 | | containment levels for certain harmful compounds in drinking water; the |
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| 47 | 47 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 901) of Paul A. Schmid, III and |
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| 48 | 48 | | Michelle M. DuBois for legislation to exempt veterans from Division of |
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| 49 | 49 | | State Parks and Recreation fees; and the petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 50 | 50 | | House, No. 918) of David T. Vieira relative to changing the name of the |
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| 51 | 51 | | Inland Fisheries and Game Fund to the George L. Darey inland fisheries |
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| 52 | 52 | | and game fund, reports recommending that the accompanying order |
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| 53 | 53 | | (House, No. 4735) ought to be adopted. [Senator Tarr dissents.] |
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| 54 | 54 | | For the committee, |
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| 55 | 55 | | DANIEL CAHILL. 3 of 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4735 |
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| 57 | 57 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 58 | 58 | | House of Representatives, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 1 Ordered, That the committee on Environment and Natural Resources be authorized to sit |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents |
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| 61 | 61 | | 3numbered 744, 745, 747, 774, 806, 832, 834, 841, 842, 848, 856, 858, 867, 883, 885, 901 and |
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| 62 | 62 | | 4918, relative to waterways, wastewater, floods and other related matters. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 5 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study |
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| 64 | 64 | | 6and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such |
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| 65 | 65 | | 7recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives |
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| 66 | 66 | | 8on or before December 31, 2024. |
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