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File #: 201688    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 6/21/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/23/2016 Final action: 6/23/2016
Enactment date: 6/23/2016 Enactment #: 201688
Title: That this Board supports those elements of House Bill #4385 addressing natural gas leaks and requiring their repair.
Sponsors: Lance L. Davis, Matthew McLaughlin, and the Entire Board

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That this Board supports those elements of House Bill #4385 addressing natural gas leaks and requiring their repair.

 

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BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED That this Board supports those elements of Massachusetts House Bill 4385 (HB 4385) addressing gas leaks; which include a process designed to require the identification and repair of leaks in the natural gas infrastructure, as well as to establish criteria to identify the environmental impact of Grade 3 gas leaks and require repair of any Grade 3 leak that is determined to have significant environmental impact;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That as the many leaks in our natural gas infrastructure place a financial burden on ratepayers, create significant public safety and public health concerns, may cause ongoing damage to and loss of public street trees and vegetation and contribute to climate change through the release of the powerful greenhouse gas, methane, this Board supports efforts in the Massachusetts Senate to include similar or stronger measures in a Senate version of HB 4385 and to gain its adoption in the current legislative session;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate.