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MA H2940

MA H2940
Relative to buffer zones on land under the agricultural restriction program


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Introduced
01/23/2017
In Committee
02/06/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to buffer zones on land under the agricultural restriction program. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

AI Summary

This bill amends Section 23 of Chapter 20 of the General Laws to allow the Department of Agricultural Resources, with the approval of any co-holder, to permit the use of uncultivated, planted, or other stormwater mitigation infrastructure within 200 feet of any resource area on land that has been accepted into the Massachusetts Agricultural Preservation Restriction program. This change is specifically for the purpose of stormwater or nitrogen mitigation in nitrogen-sensitive embayment watersheds.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

Sponsors (6)

Last Action

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

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