SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1019        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 469

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patrick M. O'Connor

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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 relative to the positioning of compressor stations.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

 

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/25/2017

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/25/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/25/2017

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

1/26/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/31/2017

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

1/31/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2017

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

2/2/2017

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/2/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/22/2017

Mark C. Montigny

Second Bristol and Plymouth

5/16/2017

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

6/14/2017

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

6/14/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1019        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 469

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 469) of Patrick M. O'Connor, Richard J. Ross, Josh S. Cutler, Barbara A. L'Italien and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the positioning of compressor stations.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act relative to the positioning of compressor stations.

 

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no new natural gas compressor stations shall be located in an area which is less than 0.5 miles in linear distance from: (i) a playground;(ii) a licensed day care center; (iii) a school; (iv) a church; (v) an environmental justice population neighborhood; (vi) an area of critical environmental concern as determined by the secretary of environmental affairs under 301 CMR 12.00; (vii) a waterway preserved and protected for water-dependent uses under chapter 91; or (viii) an area occupied by residential housing. Linear distance shall be measured from any point along a natural gas compressor station to the outermost point of buildings or areas in clauses (i) to (viii), inclusive; provided, however, that repairs or replacements that do not increase the capacity of a natural gas compressor station in operation prior to January 1, 2018, shall not be subject to this section. For the purposes of this section, “environmental justice population neighborhood” shall mean a neighborhood with an annual median household income of not more than 65 per cent of the statewide median income or with a segment of the population that consists of residents that is not less than 25 per cent minority, foreign born or lacking in English language proficiency based on the most recent United States census.