HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1325 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 754
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Frank I. Smizik
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels and associated greenhouse gas emissions.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk | 1/15/2015 |
Marc R. Pacheco | First Plymouth and Bristol | 9/3/2019 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 9/3/2019 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 9/3/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 9/3/2019 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 9/3/2019 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 9/3/2019 |
Gloria L. Fox | 7th Suffolk | 9/3/2019 |
Michael J. Barrett | Third Middlesex | 9/3/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 9/3/2019 |
Peter V. Kocot | 1st Hampshire | 9/3/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 9/3/2019 |
Cynthia S. Creem | First Middlesex and Norfolk | 9/3/2019 |
Benjamin Swan | 11th Hampden | 9/3/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 9/3/2019 |
Jay R. Kaufman | 15th Middlesex | 9/3/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 9/3/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1325 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 754
By Mr. Smizik of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 754) of Frank I. Smizik and others for legislation to compute and track the individual and collective lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of all fuels. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act establishing tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels and associated greenhouse gas emissions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Department of Environmental Protection shall promulgate regulations requiring producers, importers, and wholesale distributors that sell, supply, or offer for sale transportation fuels in Massachusetts to report all Massachusetts transportation fuel sales, and the source of any fuel sold, to the Department of Environmental Protection. The regulations shall require the Department of Environmental Protection to compute and track the individual and collective lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of all fuels, as well as the carbon intensity of each fuel, that are reported by regulated entities on an annual basis.
SECTION 2. All sales, lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon intensity data collected or computed by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the regulations required by Section 1 shall be published by the Department in an annual report that is available to the public.
SECTION 3. The regulations required by Section 1 shall be promulgated within 180 days of passage of this Act, and must take effect within 180 days of promulgation.