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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1732 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 560 |
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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 | | Marc R. Pacheco |
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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 establishing tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels |
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| 13 | 13 | | and associated greenhouse gas emissions. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1732 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 560 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 560) of Marc R. Pacheco for |
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| 20 | 20 | | legislation to establish tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels |
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| 21 | 21 | | and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 604 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act establishing tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels |
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| 30 | 30 | | and associated greenhouse gas emissions. |
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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. The Department of Environmental Protection shall promulgate regulations |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2requiring producers, importers, and wholesale distributors that sell, supply, or offer for sale |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3transportation fuels in Massachusetts to report all Massachusetts transportation fuel sales, and the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4source of any fuel sold, to the Department of Environmental Protection. The regulations shall |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5require the Department of Environmental Protection to compute and track the individual and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6collective lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of all fuels, as well as the carbon intensity of each |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7fuel, that are reported by regulated entities on an annual basis. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 SECTION 2. All sales, lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon intensity data |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9collected or computed by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10regulations required by Section 1 shall be published by the Department in an annual report that is |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11available to the public. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12 SECTION 3. The regulations required by Section 1 shall be promulgated within 180 days |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13of passage of this Act, and must take effect within 180 days of promulgation. |
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