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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2279 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 948
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John R. Gaskey
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to protect the public health, safety and welfare including but not limited to the drinking
water supply in Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer, designated under the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1990.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:John R. Gaskey2nd Plymouth1/15/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2279 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 948
By Representative Gaskey of Carver, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 948) of John
R. Gaskey that there be a one-year moratorium on the extraction of minerals, sand and gravel
from land for the purposes of commercial sale in Plymouth and Bristol Counties. Environment
and Natural Resources.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act to protect the public health, safety and welfare including but not limited to the drinking
water supply in Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer, designated under the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1990.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 There shall be a one-year moratorium on the extraction of minerals, sand and gravel from
2land for the purposes of commercial sale in Plymouth and Bristol Counties. This includes
3extraction and commercial sale on land zoned for agricultural purposes.