Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Joe Addabbo and 20 co-sponsors

Entities that accept waste oil must file a DEP disposal plan detailing collection, transport, disposal sites, and processing, with copies to suppliers.

REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Summary — S.665 (2025): "An Act relative to the removal and disposal of waste oil"

Note on metadata: the header information provided with this request contains inconsistencies (for example, an alternate title referencing a SNAP minimum benefit program and a list of sponsors that appear to be from other jurisdictions). This summary is based on the bill text filed in the Massachusetts Senate Docket No. 185 (Senate No. 665, filed 1/9/2025), which amends Chapter 21, Section 52A of the Massachusetts General Laws and concerns the removal and disposal of waste oil.

Purpose

To require entities that accept waste oil or petroleum products for disposal to file a written plan with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) describing how they will collect, transport, process and/or dispose of those materials, and to ensure that suppliers of the waste receive a copy of that plan. The objective is to improve accountability, proper handling, and environmental protection associated with waste oil management.

Key provisions

Amendment: Inserts a new paragraph into Section 52A of chapter 21 of the General Laws.

Coverage: Applies to any entity accepting waste oil or petroleum products for disposal from:

Automobile service stations,
Marinas serving powered watercraft, or
Retail outlets selling automobile lubricating oil in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Required plan: Before accepting waste oil, the entity must submit to the DEP a plan that, at minimum, includes:

Methodology for collecting and transporting the waste oil;
Location(s) where the waste oil will be disposed; and
Procedures for processing and/or disposing of the waste oil.

Notification: A copy of the submitted plan must be provided to any party that provides such materials for disposal.

Enforcement/penalty: Violation of the provision carries a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per offense.

Who is affected

Entities that accept waste oil or petroleum products for disposal (collectors, transporters, processors, disposal facilities).

Sources of waste oil: automobile service stations, marinas with powered watercraft, and retail outlets selling lubricating oil.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (administrative review/oversight).

Procedural status and timeline (as provided)

Filed in Senate docket: 1/9/2025.

Introduced in Senate: 2/20/2025.

Read twice and referred to Committee on Finance: 2/20/2025.

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources: 2/27/2025.

Hearing scheduled: 6/17/2025 (1:00–5:00 PM, A-1).

Reported favorably by committee and referred to Senate Ways and Means: 8/11/2025.

Current status listed as: Referred to Social Services (note: committee referrals in the record are inconsistent).

Potential impacts

Environmental: Promotes safer disposal and tracking of waste oil, reducing risks of soil and water contamination.

Compliance: Entities that accept waste oil will face new administrative requirements and must demonstrate proper handling chains.

Enforcement: A modest civil penalty (up to $1,000 per offense) provides a legal deterrent; enforcement burden falls to state regulators.

Industry: May increase operational costs for some collectors/processors but could improve market transparency and public health outcomes.

If you’d like, I can: (1) extract the exact statutory language changes for insertion into the current statute, (2) draft stakeholder outreach questions for affected businesses, or (3) prepare a one-page briefing for a committee hearing.