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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 48 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 576 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 relative to the removal and disposal of waste oil. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 48 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 576 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 576) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to |
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| 19 | 19 | | remove and dispose of waste oil. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 532 OF 2019-2020.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to the removal and disposal of waste oil. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 52A of chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 No entity shall accept waste oil or petroleum products for disposal from any automobile |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4service station marina serving powered watercraft or retail outlet selling automobile lubricating |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5oil in the Commonwealth unless and until such entity has submitted a plan for the removal and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6proper disposal of such materials with the Department of Environmental Protection, and a copy |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7of said plan has been provided to any party providing such materials for disposal. Said plan shall |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8include, but not be limited to; the methodology for collecting and transporting the waste oil, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9location where the waste oil is to be disposed, and procedures for processing and/or disposing of 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10the waste oil. Any person or entity that violates the provisions of this section shall be liable for a |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each offense. |
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