MA H2130

Bill

MA H2130

Relative to public water supply records

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to giving local boards of health and health departments access to records concerning public water supply systems maintained by the Department of Environmental Protection. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

AI Summary

This bill aims to improve public access to records concerning public water supply systems maintained by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Specifically, it requires the DEP to: 1) immediately report any violations of water quality standards to the Department of Public Health, with the Department of Public Health's orders taking precedence over the DEP's in such cases; 2) provide local boards of health with real-time read-only access to all public water supply water quality testing results contained in the DEP's database; and 3) provide read-only access to the general public and the media in a similar manner within 120 days of the bill's enactment.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (1)

Paul Mark (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4544 (on 05/30/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2130

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2130
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2130.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2118	To promote regionalization with watershed based permitting	No further action taken	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
H437	Establishing a department of environmental protection appeals board	No further action taken	Similar To
H4544	Water quality and wetlands	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H460	Resolve to protect and preserve family camping in Massachusetts	Accompanied a new draft, see S2230	Similar To

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