H936 • 2025

An Act protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities

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Sponsor: Michelle M. DuBois
Last action: 2026-02-26
Official status: Accompanied a study order, see H5149
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities

An Act protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
936) of Michelle M.
DuBois for legislation to further regulate the building or expansion of solid waste disposal facilities.
Environment and Natural Resources.

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Bill History

2026-02-26 House
Accompanied a study order, see H5149
2025-08-28 House
Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 31, 2025
2025-05-21 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities
By Representative DuBois of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 936) of Michelle M. DuBois for legislation to further regulate the building or expansion of solid waste disposal facilities. Environment and Natural Resources.

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Bill H.936

SECTION 1.

Section 150A of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph, on line 37,

the following paragraph:-

No site shall be assigned as a place for a new facility or for the expansion of an existing facility if the site is located within a zone of 400 feet of: (1) a public water supply well or well field; (2) that area of an aquifer which: (i) contributes water to a to a well under recharge and pumping conditions that allow safe yield of the well for 180 days without any natural recharge occurring, and (ii) is bounded by the groundwater divides which result from pumping the well and by contact of the edge of the aquifer with less permeable materials; or (3) that area of an aquifer which contributes water to a spring under naturally flowing conditions.

Such zone may include streams or lakes that act as recharge boundaries.

Such zone shall be considered to extend up-gradient to its point of intersection with prevailing hydrogeologic boundaries.

SECTION 2. The department of environmental protection may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the requirements of this act.

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