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MA H136
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Steven Owens
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AI Summary
- Prohibits applying or spreading sludge from municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plants on any land in Massachusetts
- Bans the sale or distribution of compost, fertilizer, soil amendments, topsoil, or mulch that contains or is derived from wastewater treatment sludge or septage
- Exempts disposal at solid waste landfills from the prohibition
- Exempts compost and agricultural products derived from food processing residuals (including brewery spent grain, fish, seafood, and crop waste) as long as they are not mixed with wastewater sludge
- Exempts materials from composting toilet systems and sludge from precipitated calcium carbonate production
Legislative Description
Prohibiting the use and sale of toxic sludge
Last Action
Accompanied a study order, see H5249 (under House Rule 27)
3/19/2026
Committee Referrals
Agriculture2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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