Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H806 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2786 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 806
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Sean Garballey, (BY REQUEST)
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act establishing a commission on sustainable aviation fuel induced contrail mitigation.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Elliot Elkin1/19/2023 1 of 3
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2786 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 806
18	18	By Representative Garballey of Arlington (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House,
19	19	No. 806) of Elliot Elkin relative to establishing a special commission on sustainable aviation
20	20	fuel-induced contrail mitigation. Environment and Natural Resources.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
22	22	_______________
23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
24	24	(2023-2024)
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26	26	An Act establishing a commission on sustainable aviation fuel induced contrail mitigation.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 There shall be a special commission to be called the “Sustainable Aviation Fuel Logistics
30	30	2Advisory Council” consisting of: one (1) designee of the International Air Transport Association;
31	31	3one (1) designee of the Director of the Massachusetts Port Authority; three (3) representatives of
32	32	4Sustainable Aviation Fuel producers, as appointed by the Secretary of the executive office of
33	33	5energy and environmental affairs, and any other appointees that the Secretary of the Executive
34	34	6Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall see fit. The Advisory Council shall remain
35	35	7active for as long as the Secretary of the Executive office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
36	36	8shall see fit to facilitate the establishment of appropriate Sustainable Aviation Fuel logistical
37	37	9equipment at Logan Airport.
38	38	10 The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall study the feasibility of a
39	39	11model that will estimate the potential to create contrails of an aircraft departing any airport
40	40	12located in Massachusetts, and issue a report to the House Committee on Climate Change and 2 of 3
41	41	13Global Warming no later than January 1, 2024. If the The Executive Office of Energy and
42	42	14Environmental Affairs finds that such a model would be appropriate to create or obtain they
43	43	15shall, in the report, make a recommendation describing a proposed model, and estimating the
44	44	16total cost required to make or obtain the model, or else recommend against the adoption of a
45	45	17model. Provided that the House Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming consents by
46	46	18a majority vote, the The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall then create
47	47	19an appropriate model that shall determine the Carbon Dioxide Equivalent emissions resulting
48	48	20from contrail creation of an aircraft that will depart from an airport located within Massachusetts,
49	49	21given that aircraft’s flight path and time of flight. This model shall also determine the Carbon
50	50	22Dioxide Equivalent emissions savings resulting if that aircraft used a Qualified Fuel in its flight.
51	51	23If that aircraft does use a Qualified Fuel in flight, the Executive Office of Energy and
52	52	24Environmental Affairs shall pay the operator of the flight an appropriate sum of money relating
53	53	25to the amount of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent emissions saved by using the Qualified Fuel, taking
54	54	26into consideration additional costs incurred by the operator of the flight in choosing to use the
55	55	27Qualified Fuel. The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall apply and
56	56	28disburse monies and revenues as provided in this section, provided that no more than
57	57	29$10,000,000 per year is dispersed in the first two years of the operation of the model. Following
58	58	30the initial two year period, The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall
59	59	31conduct a review of the program, and may keep the limit, lower the limit, increase the limit, or
60	60	32remove it altogether.
61	61	33 For the purposes of this bill, a Qualified Fuel shall be any fuel that is approved by The
62	62	34Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs under the following criteria: The
63	63	35Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall develop a Massachusetts specific 3 of 3
64	64	36version of the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation
65	65	37(GREET) life-cycle model developed by the Argonne National Laboratory, and make such
66	66	38model publicly available. For a fuel to receive certification as a Qualified Fuel, the fuel-producer
67	67	39shall submit calculations from the Massachusetts specific version of the GREET life-cycle model
68	68	40to the Executive office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for review. The Executive Office of
69	69	41Energy and Environmental Affairs shall review the calculations to determine, using the
70	70	42Massachusetts specific version of the GREET life-cycle mode, if the fuel represents at least a
71	71	4350% reduction in lifecycle Carbon Dioxide Equivalent reductions, in comparison to Jet-A
72	72	44Kerosene type fuel. The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall then:
73	73	45 A. Approve the fuel, and certify it as a Qualified Fuel OR
74	74	46 B. Request revisions in the calculations OR
75	75	47 C. Deny the request
76	76	48 The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall create or find a suitable
77	77	49definition of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent emissions for the purpose of this bill.
78	78	50 The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall apply and disburse
79	79	51monies and revenues as provided in this section, provided that no more than $5,000,000 is
80	80	52dispersed following the initial two years of passage of The Bill. Following the initial two year
81	81	53period, the executive office of energy and environmental affairs shall conduct a review of the
82	82	54program, and may keep the limit, lower the limit, increase the limit, or remove it altogether.