SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1346 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 477
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Marc R. Pacheco
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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: |
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Marc R. Pacheco | First Plymouth and Bristol |
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Michael J. Barrett | Third Middlesex | 1/24/2017 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 1/30/2017 |
Jack Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk | 1/31/2017 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Paul R. Heroux | 2nd Bristol | 2/1/2017 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 2/1/2017 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Bristol | 2/2/2017 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 2/2/2017 |
Linda Dean Campbell | 15th Essex | 2/2/2017 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1346 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 477
By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 477) of Marc R. Pacheco, Michael J. Barrett, Jose F. Tosado, Jack Lewis and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 456 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.