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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3620 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 937 |
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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 | | Michelle M. DuBois |
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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 restricting the use of effluent water in cooling towers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth1/17/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3620 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 937 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 937) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Michelle M. DuBois relative to the use of effluent water in cooling towers. Environment and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Natural Resources. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 790 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act restricting the use of effluent water in cooling towers. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by inserting after section 27A the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 27B. Effluent water shall not be used in any cooling tower in the commonwealth. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4For the purposes of this section a cooling tower shall be any heat rejection device which rejects |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5waste heat into the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature. The |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6division shall advise the department regarding the enforcement of this section and may prescribe |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7further restrictions on the use of effluent water through rules and regulations. |
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