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Nantucket seeks temporary authority to refine local fertilizer rules to protect harbor water quality
Summary
Island environmental groups and town advocates asked the committee to pass H4437, a limited bill that would allow Nantucket a two‑year window to amend its existing fertilizer regulations to better protect coastal water quality, citing local monitoring data and island runoff concerns.
Representatives of the Nantucket Land and Water Council and the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association asked the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries to report H4437 favorably. The bill would provide a two‑year window for the town to adopt amendments to existing local fertilizer regulations that were…
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