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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 2 items )  

CLF to Sue Pepsi-Product Manufacturer for Over 100 Clean Water Act Violations
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has notified Patriot Beverages, a Pepsi-product manufacturing and bottling company, of its intent to sue for Clean Water Act violations at its facility in Littleton, Massachusetts. The company's wastewater and stormwater discharges are polluting Reedy Meadow Brook and Mill Pond with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, like aluminum and phosphorus. "Poor water qu  more

NEFAC, N.H. Open Government Advocates Support Recent Public Records Proposal
WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition joined a group of New Hampshire open government advocates to support the most recent proposal to change the state's public records fee structure. HB 1002 originally allowed agencies to charge record requesters up to $25 an hour for any time searching, retrieving, duplicating, redacting or otherwise making records available beyond 10 hour  more