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LSPA reports bill delay, tax-credit dispute with DOR and asbestos-in-soil data project

Waste Site Cleanup Advisory Committee (participants: MassDEP, LSP Board, LSPA) · August 15, 2024
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Summary

The LSP Association reported that a home-heating-oil insurance bill stalled in the House Ways and Means Committee by July 31, summarized a July 30 meeting with the Department of Revenue and MassDEP on Brownfields tax credits (noting divergent interpretations), and previewed an asbestos-in-soil data project and an in-person member meeting Sept. 12.

Joe Roman, speaking for the Licensed Site Professional Association (LSPA), told the Waste Site Cleanup Advisory Committee that the association’s long-running effort to secure insurance coverage for home heating oil spills did not advance out of the House Ways and Means Committee before the end of the legislative session on July 31.

"There's still a possibility that it could pass before the end of the calendar year, but the likelihood is quite low," Roman said, adding that LSPA expects to reintroduce the bill in the next session.

Roman summarized a July…

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