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