HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1336 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 851
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Denise Provost
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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 to protect our drinking water from hydraulic fracturing.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/16/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 2/1/2019 |
Michelle L. Ciccolo | 15th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
William J. Driscoll, Jr. | 7th Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 1/20/2019 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex | 1/24/2019 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/26/2019 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 1/31/2019 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 2/1/2019 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/23/2019 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1336 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 851
By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 851) of Denise Provost and others for legislation to protect drinking water from hydraulic fracturing. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 461 OF 2017-2018.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act to protect our drinking water from hydraulic fracturing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 21 of the General Laws, 2016 edition, is hereby amended:
SECTION 1) § 26A. Definitions
The following definitions are added:
after line 27:
“Fluid,” any material or substance which flows or moves whether in semi-solid, liquid, sludge, gas, or any other form or state.
“Gas,” all natural gas, whether hydrocarbon or nonhydrocarbon, including hydrogen sulfide, helium, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen, casinghead gas, and all other fluid hydrocarbons not defined as oil.
“Hydraulic fracturing,” the process of pumping a fluid into or under the surface of the ground in order to create fractures in rock for the purpose of the production or recovery of oil or gas.
“Oil,” crude petroleum, oil, and all hydrocarbons, regardless of specific gravity, that are in the liquid phase in the reservoir and are produced at the wellhead in liquid form.
“Oil and gas,” both oil and gas, or either oil or gas, as the context may require to give effect to the purposes of this chapter.
in line 36 of the definition of “pollutant,” after the phrase, “heated effluent,” add the phrase, “hydraulic fracturing fluid,”
SECTION 2) in § 27 add, after line 83, a new subsection:
(14) enforce prohibitions on drilling, waste treatment and disposal, and mining activities which have been enacted to protect the water quality and the natural resources of the commonwealth
SECTION 3) adds a new section 39A:
Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil or Gas Recovery: Prohibition
(a) No person may engage in hydraulic fracturing in the commonwealth.
(b) No person may collect, store, treat, or dispose of wastewater hydraulic fracturing fluid, wastewater solids, sludge, drill
cuttings or other byproducts from hydraulic fracturing within the commonwealth.
SECTION 4) Section 42 is amended by adding, in line 3, after the phrase “the commonwealth,”
“or into an injection well or into a treatment works in the commonwealth.”