MA H437

Bill

Establishing a department of environmental protection appeals board

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
03/05/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to establishing an appeals board within the department of environmental protection. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a Department of Environmental Protection Appeals Board within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The Appeals Board will consist of five members, including the Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs or their designee, and four members appointed by the Governor. The Appeals Board will hear appeals of determinations made by the Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals or other enforcement entities. The Appeals Board can reverse, affirm, or modify such determinations, and its decisions can be further appealed to the courts. The bill also allows the Appeals Board to order that a determination become provisionally effective and enforceable immediately if it finds an imminent threat to public health, safety, or the environment during the appeals process.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

Sponsors (7)

Brian Ashe (D), Jay Barrows (R), Shawn Dooley (R), Louis Kafka (D), John Rogers (D), James Timilty (D), Walter Timilty (D),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/01/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H437

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H437
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H437.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2118	To promote regionalization with watershed based permitting	No further action taken	Similar To
H2130	Relative to public water supply records	Accompanied a study order, see H4544	Similar To
H2427	Relative to the licensing of a certain facility by the Department of Environmental Protection	Accompanied a study order, see H4590	Similar To
H2428	To prohibit licensing by the Department of Environmental Protection at the Wheelabrator facility in the town of Saugus	Accompanied a study order, see H4590	Similar To
H2944	To (1) establish a solid waste management council, (2) to require the Department to increase certain types of data collection; (3) to impose a surcharge on waste disposal; (4) to require municipalities to institute pay as you throw programs if they are generating too much waste for disposal per capita; (5) to require that all waste be disposed of in clear plastic bags; (6) to increase recycling to include mattresses, textiles and additional commercial organic material; and (7) to require seconda	No further action taken	Similar To
H3566	Of a petitioner to provide remuneration for an epidemiological base-line impact study	Accompanied a study order, see H4527	Similar To
H460	Resolve to protect and preserve family camping in Massachusetts	Accompanied a new draft, see S2230	Similar To

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