Session Laws

RESOLVED, That a special commission consisting of four members of the house of representatives, three members of the senate, the commissioner of the department of public health or his designee, the commissioner of the department of environmental quality engineering or his designee, the commissioner of the department of labor and industries or his designee, the chairman of the state board of building regulations or his designee, the Regional Administrator (Region I) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or his designee and seven persons to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a member of the American Lung Association of Massachusetts, one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards, one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Health Officers Association, one of whom shall be an academician from a local college or university with expertise in the area of indoor air pollution and mitigating its effects, one of whom shall be representative of the building materials industry, one of whom shall be a representative of the heating and ventilating industry, and one of whom has expertise in the area of indoor air pollution mitigation, is hereby established for the purpose of making an investigation and study of the public health effects of indoor air pollution, so called, including but not limited to, the effects of natural emissions of radon, the emissions from building materials such as urea formaldehyde and asbestos, the effects of emissions from wood stove, coal stoves, and fireplaces and the relationship between ambient air pollution and indoor air pollution. The commission shall also study the effects of personal habits, such as smoking and the relationship of indoor air pollution and energy conservation measures. Said commission shall report to the general court the results of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first Wednesday in November, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.