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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1591 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3209 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Orlando Ramos and Jay D. Livingstone |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act ensuring a healthy future for environmental justice communities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Orlando Ramos9th Hampden1/18/2023Jay D. Livingstone8th Suffolk1/18/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/13/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1591 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3209 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Ramos of Springfield and Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 3209) of Orlando Ramos, Jay D. Livingstone and Michelle M. DuBois relative |
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| 20 | 20 | | to the location and classification of certain renewable energy generating sources in relation to |
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| 21 | 21 | | their proximity to environmental justice communities. Telecommunications, Utilities and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Energy. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3362 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act ensuring a healthy future for environmental justice communities. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 11F of Chapter 25A of the General Law, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended, by adding after subsection (i) the following new subsection: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 (j) A new renewable energy generating source that begins commercial operation after |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4July 31, 2021, or an existing facility that increases its generating capacity after July 31, 2021, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5shall not qualify as a “Class I” renewable generating source if: (1) it is located within a distance |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6of 5 miles of a neighborhood that is defined as an environmental justice population pursuant to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7Section 62 of chapter 30 of the General Laws, and, (2) the operation of the renewable energy |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8generating source to produce energy causes the release of air pollutants. |
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