HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2369 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 799 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Paul A. Schmid, III _______________ 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 passage of the accompanying: An Act relative to nitrogen impaired embayments. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Paul A. Schmid, III | 8th Bristol | Tom Sannicandro | 7th Middlesex | Angelo M. Scaccia | 14th Suffolk | Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. | 34th Middlesex | William N. Brownsberger | Second Suffolk and Middlesex | Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk | Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex | Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2369 FILED ON: 1/17/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 799 By Mr. Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 799) of Paul A. Schmid, III and others that coastal estuary or embayment watersheds impaired due to nitrogen pollution be deemed to be nitrogen sensitive areas. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to nitrogen impaired embayments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 13 of chapter 21A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
For the purposes of this section, a watershed of a coastal estuary or embayment that is included in the Massachusetts integrated list of waters, that is identified as impaired, due in whole or in part to nitrogen pollution, shall be deemed to be a nitrogen sensitive area. The department of environmental protection shall promulgate such rules and regulations as it considers necessary to fulfill the requirements of this section. |
