SENATE DOCKET, NO. 12        FILED ON: 1/3/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2013

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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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 ensuring public safety at natural gas sites.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

 

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/3/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/3/2019

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

1/3/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/24/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/4/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

1/4/2019

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/14/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/7/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/31/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/9/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/10/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/15/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/18/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/24/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

4/22/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 12        FILED ON: 1/3/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2013

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2013) of Bruce E. Tarr, Diana DiZoglio, William L. Crocker, Jr., Kenneth I. Gordon and other members of the General Court for legislation to ensure public safety at natural gas sites.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

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 ensuring public safety at natural gas sites.

 

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, the Department of Public Utilities shall develop, promulgate, and maintain regulations to ensure that natural gas pressure is monitored by qualified personnel on each site where where is being performed that involves the pressurization and/or depressurization of transmission lines, as is necessary to protect public safety and to prevent damage to property.

SECTION 2. The department shall promulgate initial regulations pursuant to section 1 not later than 180 days following the passage of this act.