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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
Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
8/28/2025
Committee Referrals
Agriculture2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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