Bill > H3323

This bill aims to address issues related to liquid or gas flammable material spills on public ways. The key provisions are: 1. It imposes a civil penalty of up to $20,000 per violation on any person who discharges or spills gasoline, oil, or other flammable material into surface water, groundwater, or land areas where the material will seep into such waters, or who violates any provision of this section or any rule adopted under it. Each day of a continuing violation is counted as a separate violation. 2. It requires the Department of Transportation to set a schedule for surety bonds to be required from any commercial motor vehicle or trailer company that delivers gasoline, oil, or other flammable material, and any product suppliers or dealers of such materials, to provide for emergency cleanup and protection of the environment. 3. It directs the Division of Highways of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct a study on various aspects of spills involving gasoline, oil, or other flammable material by commercial motor vehicles or trailers on public ways, including the costs and benefits of different driver compensation models, the impacts of such spills on road safety and the local ecosystem, and methods to prevent and mitigate these spills.