HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4668
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 23, 2024.
The committee on Environment and Natural Resources, to whom were
referred the joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 44) of Lindsay
N. Sabadosa and Paul W. Mark relative to the use of Department of
Conservation and Recreation land for emergency service access in the
town of Cummington; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 741)
of James Arciero relative to on-site sewage disposal systems; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 742) of James C. Arena-DeRosa and
others relative to the use and protection of pollinators by further regulating
the spraying, release, deposit or application of a neonicotinoid on certain
agricultural land; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 743) of
Bruce J. Ayers relative to Long and Moon Islands in Boston Harbor; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 746) of Bruce J. Ayers relative
to authorizing and directing the Division of Waterways to dredge the
harbor area surrounding the Squantum Yacht Club and Wollaston Yacht
Club in the city of Quincy; the petition (accompanied by resolve, House,
No. 748) of Bruce J. Ayers for an investigation by a special commission
(including members of the General Court) relative to the long-term
management and maintenance of certain harbor islands; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 749) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to
directing the Department of Fish and Game to study the feasibility of re-
purposing the former Moon Island Sewage Treatment Plant for use as a
fish and shellfish farm; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 750)
of Natalie M. Blais, Patricia A. Duffy and others relative to establishing
sustainable and equitable funding for climate change adaptation and
mitigation; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 751) of Natalie
M. Blais, Susannah M. Whipps and others relative to authorizing the
waiving of sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use
wheelchairs as their primary source of mobility; the petition (accompanied
by bill, House, No. 756) of Natalie M. Blais, Mindy Domb and Aaron L.
Saunders that the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
be authorized to establish the office of outdoor recreation; the petition
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(accompanied by bill, House, No. 757) of Natalie M. Blais and others that
certain sales tax revenues be dedicated to an outdoor recreation trust fund;
the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 761) of Tackey Chan for
legislation to expand pleasure boat access to Boston Harbor; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 762) of Tackey Chan for legislation to
require the dredging of the harbor area surrounding Houghs Neck in the
city of Quincy; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 763) of
Tackey Chan relative to the lease of property used by non-profit yacht
clubs and other non-profit organizations operating boating programs; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 772) of Manny Cruz relative to
concurrent jurisdiction on National Park Service properties; the petition
(accompanied by resolve, House, No. 778) of Vincent L. Dixon for an
investigation by a special commission (including members of the General
Court) to study the economic consequences of climate change; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 780) of Michael S. Day for legislation to
increase access to recycling in the Commonwealth; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 781) of David F. DeCoste and Patrick
Joseph Kearney relative to bow hunting for deer in Wompatuck State
Park; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 782) of David F.
DeCoste and Michael J. Soter for legislation to establish the board of
registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 788) of Michelle M. DuBois for
legislation to further regulate the building or expansion of solid waste
disposal facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 789) of
Michelle M. DuBois and Rodney M. Elliott relative to decreasing the
siting or expansion of toxics release inventory facilities within certain low
income or minority populated neighborhoods; the petition (accompanied
by bill, House, No. 791) of Rodney M. Elliott that the the Department of
Conservation and Recreation erect a certain statue in the city of Lowell
along the Merrimack River; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
797) of Dylan A. Fernandes and Michelle M. DuBois relative to beach
access and parking fees; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
800) of Paul K. Frost relative to authorizing the use of bow and arrows for
Sunday hunting; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 801) of
William C. Galvin, Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. and Kate Lipper-
Garabedian relative to dogs brought into the Commonwealth by animal
rescue organizations; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 802)
of William C. Galvin, Thomas M. Stanley and Michelle M. DuBois
relative to the siting of refuse facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 820) of Carlos González and others relative to requiring the
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sealing of containers transporting solid waste; the petition (accompanied
by bill, House, No. 821) of Kenneth I. Gordon, Michelle M. DuBois and
Margaret R. Scarsdale relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the
Commonwealth; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 822) of
Kenneth I. Gordon and others relative to the office of the state
climatologist within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
Affairs; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 824) of Richard M.
Haggerty relative to further defining an environmental justice population;
the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 827) of Karen Spencer for
legislation to further regulate fluoridation of public water supplies; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 829) of Steven S. Howitt and
others relative to the installation of septic tank pipes; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 830) of Steven S. Howitt relative to
illegally disposing of certain waste; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 831) of Daniel J. Hunt relative to Department of Conservation
and Recreation retained revenue; the petition (accompanied by bill, House,
No. 838) of Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to protect open space,
historical resources, and community housing from coastal threats; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 840) of Patrick Joseph Kearney
and Michelle M. DuBois relative to the use of waste-to-energy municipal
solid waste plant technology and forest-derived biomass; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 857) of John J. Mahoney for legislation
to further regulate toxic use reduction plans; the petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 865) of David K. Muradian, Jr., relative to the
promulgation of regulations by the Director of Fisheries and Wildlife
within the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law
Enforcement for the use and possession of shotgun ammunition types for
the purposes of hunting; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
866) of David K. Muradian, Jr., for legislation to establish a wildland
acquisition account from monies received from the sale of wildland
conservation stamps; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 880)
of Edward R. Philips and others relative to emerging contaminants on
public water systems; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 888)
of David M. Rogers and Margaret R. Scarsdale relative to residential solid
waste disposal and the implementation of mandatory reporting standards
for cities and towns; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 891) of
David M. Rogers and others for legislation to further regulate solid waste
facilities; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 894) of Lindsay
N. Sabadosa, Aaron L. Saunders and others relative to forest management
and practices guidelines; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
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895) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Margaret R. Scarsdale and David Henry
Argosky LeBoeuf for legislation to further regulate climate policy and
regulate carbon emissions; the petition (accompanied by resolve, House,
No. 898) of Margaret R. Scarsdale for an investigation of appropriate
staffing levels and resources necessary to carry out climate change
response planning and strategy at the regional level; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 902) of Danillo A. Sena, Smitty
Pignatelli and others relative to the quality of drinking water from private
wells; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 903) of Danillo A.
Sena relative to requiring lead free ammunition when taking wildlife; the
petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 911) of William M. Straus
relative to capturing and trapping furbearing mammals; the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 914) of Chynah Tyler, Jon Santiago and
Michelle M. DuBois relative to solid waste disposal facilities in
environmental justice communities; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 917) of Marcus S. Vaughn that the Secretary of Energy and
Environmental Affairs be directed to perform a study of Kingsbury Pond
in the town of Norfolk; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 924)
of Susannah M. Whipps relative to non-residents operating snowmobiles
during a free snowmobile weekend; the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 925) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik and Joseph D. McKenna for
legislation to further regulate deer hunting; the petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 926) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik relative to the use of shotgun
ammunition for hunting; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3580) of Rodney M. Elliott relative to certain manufactured chemicals
known as PFAS; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3785) of
Christopher Richard Flanagan relative to establishing a habitat
conservation plan for a piping plover municipal technical assistance and
monitoring program; the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3854)
of Christopher Richard Flanagan that the Department of Environmental
Protection provide certain variances to municipalities with comprehensive
wastewater management plans; and the petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 4182) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco that the Department of
Conservation and Recreation be authorized to release certain land use
restrictions in the city of Revere, reports recommending that the
accompanying order (House, No. 4668) ought to be adopted.
For the committee,
DANIEL CAHILL.
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 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4668
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives,
1 Ordered, That the committee on Environment and Natural Resources be authorized to sit
2 during a recess of the General Court to make an investigation and study of House documents
3 numbered 44, 741, 742, 743, 746, 748, 749, 750, 751, 756, 757, 761, 762, 763, 772, 778, 780,
4 781, 782, 788, 789, 791, 797, 800, 801, 802, 820, 821, 822, 824, 827, 829, 830, 831, 838, 840,
5 857, 865, 866, 880, 888, 891, 894, 895, 898, 902, 903, 911, 914, 917, 924, 925, 926, 3580, 3785,
6 3854 and 4182, relative to environment and natural resources matters.
7 Said committee shall report to the General Court the results of its investigation and study
8 and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
9 recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
10 on or before December 31, 2024.
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