Bill Text: MA H759 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Wood burning electricity producing biomass combustion facilities and their potential impact upon the air, water and population of the Commonwealth
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-23 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H759 Detail]
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Peter v. Kocot
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to biomass combustion facilities.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
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Peter v. Kocot |
1st Hampshire |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 791 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to biomass combustion facilities.
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enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 159 of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: -� �The department shall not permit the transport to or combustion of construction debris, wood treated with compounds containing arsenic, lead, cadmium, asbestos or any other man-made substance in, biomass-fueled facilities that produce electricity for sale and withdraw water for cooling purposes from rivers, streams, lakes or ponds of the Commonwealth.�
SECTION 2.� The department of environmental protection, department of public health and the MEPA unit of the executive office of environmental affairs shall hold a public hearing, no later than July 1, 2009, on all proposed wood burning, electricity producing facilities to determine their potential impacts upon the air, water and population of the Commonwealth.
