HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1325        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 754

 

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.