Expert Report on Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's Proposed Regulations on the Global Warming Solutions Act
Client: Conservation Law Foundation
February 2017
Clinic Director and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD submitted testimony before the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (MassDEP) regarding new and revised regulations 310 CMR 7.2, 310 CMR 7.73, 310 CMR 7.74, 310 CMR 7.75, 310 CMR 60.05 and 310 CMR 60.06 and their relation to the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA). Dr. Stanton's testimony addressed the characteristics of and standards for a satisfactory framework for accounting for expected greenhouse gas emissions under GWSA and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts May 17, 2016 ruling on GWSA requirements, and presented results of a third-party review of MassDEP’s proposed methodology for greenhouse gas accounting in this matter as presented in their proposed new and amended regulations and related materials.