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Senator __________________ State House Room # ________ Boston, MA. 02133 ___ / ___ / 2009
Dear Senator ________________________,
As your constituent, I am writing today in opposition to Senate Bill 917. This bill, if passed, will undermine public safety in the Commonwealth by wiping the Division of Inspections and the Chief of Inspections off the books. It will set our state's public safety back 100 years regarding power boiler operation, inspections and licensing.
Please do not allow SB.917 to get that far.
Sincerely,
Name: ____________________
Address: __________________
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Phone: ____________________ Senator __________________________ State House Room # ________ Boston, MA. 02133
___ / ___ / 2009 I am a licensed ______________________________________ per M. G. L. Chapter 146 by the Division of Inspections in the Department of Public Safety. I am in opposition to SENATE BILL....No 917, “An Act relative to the oversight of inspections.” This bill, if passed, will have a devastating effect on the safe operation of high pressure steam boilers and DO NOT serve the best interests of Public Safety and the Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In November of 1997, Associated Industries of Massachusetts (A.I.M.) persuaded the Massachusetts Legislature to delete a fundamental safety aspect of M. G. L. Chapter 146 in the interest of cutting operating costs. This change left low pressure steam boilers and steam supply equipment unattended and unprotected by trained and duly licensed operators. Less than 10 years later in 2006, we had a catastrophic explosion of immense proportion in Danvers, MA. If the explosion happened just 3.5 hours later at 7 AM, it is probable that everyone on the sight would have been harmed or killed. While there were many other factors contributing to the immensity of the explosion (felt even 45 miles away), the key was the heating source and that source was an unattended live steam supply. You may be asking yourself just what a trained and duly licensed operator would have done to prevent the Danvers explosion. In the Danvers explosion case a live steam valve was (inadvertently) left open to a vat of chemicals. The operator would have been required under M. G. L. Chapter 146 to record all steam flows, pressures and temperatures associated with this valve. Knowing this information alone would have led the operator to correct the deficiency. It is clear that a duly licensed operator is held to a higher standard by M. G. L. Chapter 146. The Chief of Inspections and the District Inspectors in the Division of Inspections of the Department of Public Safety take extreme interest in upholding this most important law in the interest of Public Safety. On-the-other-hand, SB.917 dismantles the Division of Inspections and M. G. L. Chapter 146 will suffer and Public Safety will be compromised beyond repair. Very quickly the Department of Public Safety will be in over its head and at the whim of industry. Please do not allow the Department of Public Safety to make these radical changes. This policy is not in the best interest of Public Safety. I ask that you vote against SB-917. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration on this important issue. Sincerely, NAME: ___________________ ADDRESS: ________________ _________________________ _________________________ PHONE #: ________________ Senator _________________________ State House Room # ________ Boston, MA. 02133
___ / ___ / 2009
Dear Senator _____________________________, I am writing to voice my OPPOSITION to Senate Bill … NO 917, An Act relative to the oversight of inspections. This Bill eliminates the long standing position of The Chief of Inspections of the Division of Inspection in the Department of Public Safety and transfers the duties of this position to a political appointee, the Commissioner of Public Safety. SB 917 if passed would open political pressures which would affect Public Safety in the Commonwealth that is not allowed under the present status. The current Commissioner has yet to appoint a Chief of Inspections as required under Chapter 22. Instead he has created two Chiefs of inspection, one Building and one Mechanical and wants to eliminate the Division of Inspections. It would make more sense to comply with the existing law rather than try to change it. The position of Chief of Inspections has had a long record of Public Safety success due to its force given the present statutes that guard it. It should not be eliminated by the proposed, politically motivated legislation. The Chief of Inspections oversees numerous technically licensed operators with the expertise and qualifications to secure the highest Public Safety. I trust you will give this matter full consideration as the proposed Bill intends to reduce Public Safety in Massachusetts to whims of political appointments and ignore the record of past accomplishments by qualified and experienced Chief of Inspections. I have held a license granted by a District Engineering Inspector of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Inspection for _____ years. The present legislation has served our State well, don’t change it. Please vote against SB… No 917. Please do not allow Mass General Law Chapter 146 to be changed.
Thank you for your consideration to this important matter. Respectfully, Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________ Senator ______________________________ State House Room # ________ Boston, MA. 02133
___ / ___ / 2009
Dear Senator ___________________________, I am a duly licensed _____________________________ in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I have been in the field for______ years as of ______. I have devoted my time, effort, career and energy to upholding M. G. L. Chapter 146 for all that time. Now, I find myself upholding it in the political arena. Upon hearing this, I hope that you will have no doubt as to my intentions in contacting you today. I am deeply concerned and opposed to SB.917.
Senate Bill.917 seeks to place the duties of the Chief of Inspections of the Division of Inspections in the hands of the Commissioner. The job of the Chief of Inspections is to oversee the inspection of boilers, the licensing of all steam firemen and engineers and ensuring that all existing laws and statutes (specifically M. G. L. Chapter 146 in this case) are compliance. SB.917 also seeks to delete the Division of Inspections from existence. This would be a great loss to public safety, because we would loose by attrition our corps of qualified and duly licensed District Engineering Inspectors who perform the duties laid down by the law. There is a world of difference between the Commissioner of the DPS and the Chief of Inspections of the Division of Inspections in the DPS. The Commissioner is a political appointee named by the Governor every four years (or co-terminus). It is an administrative position necessary to run the DPS efficiently. The Chief of Inspections is named by the Commissioner, but is not co-terminus with the Administration. The Chief of Inspection can only be removed “for cause” and is mandated by M. G. L. Chapter 22-4A. The intent of the position is meant to stop political forces from impairing his/her judgment as concerning public safety. SB.917 will effectively replace the Chief of Inspections with the Commissioner and it will leave M. G. L. Chapter 146 open to interpretation by unqualified personnel. . It will leave the state's public safety at the whim of private industry whose first duty is to maximize profit and change the law to their benefit which runs counter to public safety. If we allow SB.917 to pass, we are throwing away over 100 years of faithful service by the Division of Inspections and the Chief of Inspections in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sincerely, Name: ______________________________ Address: ____________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Phone #: _____________________________ |