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LC001090 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY | |
OF MOTOR VEHICLE NON-EXHAUST PARTICLE EMISSIONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, Place, Newberry, and Nardone | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 31 of the General Laws entitled "MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES" |
2 | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 47.5 |
4 | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY OF MOTOR VEHICLE NON-EXHAUST PARTICLE |
5 | EMISSIONS |
6 | 31-47.5-1. Impact study of motor vehicle non-exhaust emissions. |
7 | (a) The department of transportation, in consultation with the department of environmental |
8 | management, shall conduct an environmental impact study of non-exhaust emissions particles, |
9 | including microplastics, brake wear, tire and road wear, clutch wear and road dust resuspension. |
10 | (b) The departments shall be authorized to collaborate with an institute of academic |
11 | research, as part of their study. The study shall result in a written report to the general assembly on |
12 | the environmental impact of these emissions and contain recommendations to the general assembly |
13 | for the reduction of the environmental impact of tire particle emissions. |
14 | (c) Both the department of transportation and department of environmental management |
15 | shall post their report publicly on their websites, no later than January 1, 2026. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY | |
OF MOTOR VEHICLE NON-EXHAUST PARTICLE EMISSIONS | |
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1 | This act would require the department of transportation, in consultation with the |
2 | department of environmental management, to conduct an environmental impact study of motor |
3 | vehicle non-exhaust particle emissions. It also would allow the departments to collaborate with an |
4 | academic research institute and direct the departments to make specific recommendations to the |
5 | general assembly to reduce the environmental impact of tire particle emissions. Their report would |
6 | be completed no later than January 1, 2026. |
7 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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