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Resident urges Eastham to press State House for fertilizer-reduction home-rule petition
Summary
Resident Laura Kelly told the Select Board the fertilizer-reduction home-rule petition passed in Eastham is now before the Massachusetts House joint committee on the environment and urged the board and residents to send supporting emails by July 14 at 10 a.m.; she cited house filings H5484 (Eastham) and H5433 (Wellfleet).
Laura Kelly, speaking remotely to the Eastham Select Board on July 6, urged the board and residents to support a fertilizer-reduction home-rule petition now under review at the Massachusetts State House. "I am asking the select board to write a letter in support," Kelly said, adding that individuals may email the Joint Committee on Environment at jointcommittee.environment@malegislature.gov before the July 14, 10 a.m. deadline.
Kelly said the petition the town passed has been filed in the House as H5484 for Eastham and that a similar bill, H5433, covers Wellfleet. She described the state-level hearing process: the petition goes to the joint committee, and if advanced it would move to the Senate and ultimately, if passed, to the governor to be signed into law.
The Select Board acknowledged receipt of Kelly’s written materials and said staff would circulate the details to anyone who requested them. The board encouraged residents to submit supporting comments and noted that other local boards may choose to send letters of support as well.
No formal action was taken by the board in this meeting; Kelly’s request was recorded as a public announcement and a call-to-action for residents and other boards.
