This act shall be known and may be cited as 'An Act Concerning Government Responsibility To Protect Public Health From Diesel Pollution.' The general purposes of this act are to: (1) Minimize human exposure to and health risks from diesel pollution; (2) Reduce health costs, missed school days, lost worker productivity and premature mortality linked to exposure to the diesel particulate matter (PM) and other diesel pollutants; (3) Achieve maximum feasible diesel particulate matter emissions reductions and diminished human exposure that is additional to the impact of federal diesel emission rules, which focus mostly on new engines; (4) Advance the state’s climate protection goals and climate action plan by reducing the amount of black carbon pollution emitted by diesels; and (5) Achieve health benefits for Rhode Island by ensuring state contracting and leasing takes advantage of retrofits that are occurring in the marketplace. History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 171, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 184, § 1.
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