HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2666        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2146

 

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

1/20/2017

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

 

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/30/2017

Dylan Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

 

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

 

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

Solomon Goldstein-Rose

3rd Hampshire

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2666        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2146

By Mr. Smizik of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2146) 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.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 754 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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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.