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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1731 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 541 |
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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 | | Susan L. Moran |
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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 protecting the upper Cape water supply reserve. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Susan L. MoranPlymouth and Barnstable 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1731 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 541 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Moran, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 541) of Susan L. Moran for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to protect the upper Cape water supply reserve. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act protecting the upper Cape water supply reserve. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 5 of Chapter 47 of the Acts of 2002 (“An Act relative to the Environmental |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Protection of the Massachusetts Military Reservation”) is hereby amended by adding at the end |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3thereof the following:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 In evaluating any proposal for new or expanded activity within the Reserve that requires |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5ten acres or more of habitat destruction or clearcutting of forested land, the Commission shall |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6take no action prior to receiving written recommendations from (a) the Community Advisory |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7Council; (b) the Science Advisory Council; (c) the Upper Cape Regional Water Supply |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8Cooperative and (d) the Cape Cod Commission, as to whether the proposed activity violates any |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9of the environmental performance standards included in the final environmental impact report |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10regarding activities on the Reserve, or whether adjustment of the environmental performance |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11standards is warranted. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 If, following receipt of the aforesaid recommendations, the Commission determines (a) |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13that the proposed activity does not violate said standards, or (b) adjusting said standards is |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14warranted, the Commission shall hold, at minimum, a public hearing on its proposed |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15determination in Sandwich, Mashpee, Falmouth, or Bourne, prior to publishing a notice of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16availability of the proposed adjustment. |
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