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Moore's Environment & Energy Legislation |
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AN
ACT PROTECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH BY
REFORMING THE COMMONWEALTH’S MEDICAL WASTE
LAW
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 673 | Status
Medical waste is currently poorly regulated. Medical waste falls somewhere between an environmental problem and a public health issue and as a result no single agency has appropriate jurisdiction and oversight. This bill will require better handling and treatment of medical waste to prevent against contamination, as well as increased regulation of medical waste treatment facilities and the generators of medical waste.
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AN
ACT TO ENCOURAGE WATER CONSERVATION BY
PRIVATE INVESTOR-OWNED WATER SUPPLY
COMPANIES
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 519 | Status
This bill, in an attempt to promote water conservation would restrict private, stock-owned water companies from charging on a descending rate
(ie. The more water you use, the less it cost per unit).
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ACT INCORPORATING WETLAND STEWARDSHIP AND
SCENIC RESOURCES INTO WETLAND PROTECTION
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 520 | Status
This bill seeks to make state law compatible with the resource management goals of the north American Waterfowl Management Program, and the National Recreational Fisheries Policy by bringing science-based resource management to our wetlands and open waters.
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AN
ACT RELATIVE TO FLOOD CONTROL AND REGULATION
OF DISCHARGE INTO RIVERS AND STREAMS
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 521 | Status
This legislation will provide adequate notice and protection for downstream communities when a sewer plant or upstream community discharges effluent or storm water runoff into a river that results in flooding or pollution downstream.
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AN
ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT
OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ENERGY TO MAKE AN
INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF
UTILIZING ‘OFF-PEAK’ ENERGY STORAGE FOR
THE BENEFIT OF ENERGY CONSUMERS
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 1938 | Status
This bill directs the
Department of Telecommunications and Energy to investigate and study the utilization of ‘off-peak’ energy storage for the benefit of energy consumers.
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AN ACT RELATIVE
TO THE USE OF OFF-PEAK ENERGY
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 1939 | Status
Includes in the mandate of the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation to provide grants for technology applications that utilize off-peak energy storage technology as part of their green energy program.
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AN ACT RELATIVE
TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX CREDIT
Documents & Status: Text
of Senate 1753 | Status
Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth. It's clean and sustainable. Resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the Earth's surface. Electrical power can also be saved in a battery bank in conjunction with a comprehensive off-grid energy delivery and management system using batteries and an inverter can store electric energy during lower cost off-peak demand times and utilize it during peak demand, thereby reducing cost and wasted electricity. An inverter is a device which changes DC power stored in a battery to standard household 120/240 vac electricity. The proposed bill adds these forms of energy to the technology eligible for the state’s existing renewable energy tax credit.
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