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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 192 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 579 |
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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 setting NDMA levels. |
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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. 192 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 579 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 579) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to |
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| 19 | 19 | | set NDMA levels. 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 relative to setting NDMA levels. |
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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 Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary Section 7 of Chapter |
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| 29 | 29 | | 221A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3inserting at the end there of the following: - |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 Section 7: (a) For purposes of this section following actions shall be taken by the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5Department of Environmental Protection: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6 The Department of Environmental Protection shall review the Guidelines on chemicals |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7found in drinking water tested in the Commonwealth for the purposes of classifying |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8Massachusetts maximum containment levels for certain harmful compounds. The Department of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9Environmental protection shall, with respect to n-Nitrosodimethylamine, promulgate |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10Massachusetts maximum containment levels, that shall be considered the maximum safe amount |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11of n-Nitrosodimethylamine present in drinking water so that it does not negatively affect human |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12health. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13 The Department of Environmental Protection shall, upon receiving reports of levels of n- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14Nitrosodimethylamine outside the Massachusetts maximum containment levels, provide a copy |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15of those reports to the Clerks of the House and the Senate. The Department of Environmental |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16Protection shall then treat any such level found above the Massachusetts maximum containment |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17level as if it were a violation of the Department of Environmental Protection Drinking Water |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18regulation 310 CMR 22.00. Pursuant to 310 CMR 22.01(2) the Department of Environmental |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19Protection shall exercise its authority as it sees fit to enforce the standard of the Massachusetts |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20maximum containment levels promulgated in this section with respect to n- |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21Nitrosodimethylamine. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 22 The Department of Environmental Protection shall provide a report annually to the clerks |
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| 50 | 50 | | 23of the House and the Senate that details the total number of examinations done of drinking water |
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| 51 | 51 | | 24in the Commonwealth, as well as how many of those were found to contain n- |
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| 52 | 52 | | 25Nitrosodimethylamine levels above the Massachusetts maximum containment level. |
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