Senate Bill S5132

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the water quality standards for coliform; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5132 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §17-0301 sub 5 ¶c sub¶¶ 1, 2, 4 & 7, amd §17-0301, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S6986

2015-S5132 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the water quality standards for coliform.

2015-S5132 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5132 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5132

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. O'MARA -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
  mental Conservation) -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  water quality standards for coliform; and to repeal certain provisions
  of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraphs 1, 2, 4 and 7 of paragraph c of subdivision 5
of  section  17-0301  of the environmental conservation law are REPEALED
and subparagraphs 3, 5 and 6 are renumbered subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3.
  S 2. The opening paragraph and subparagraphs 1 and 3 of paragraph c of
subdivision 5 of section 17-0301 of the environmental conservation  law,
subparagraphs  1  and  3  as  renumbered by section one of this act, are
amended to read as follows:
  [Organisms of the coliform group or any other organisms] PATHOGENS  OR
INDICATORS FOR PATHOGENS from wastes of animal or human origin shall not
exceed  the [following prescribed] standards for usage of the classified
waters of the state[:].
  (1) [Sources of water] SURFACE WATERS USED for bathing, fishing, boat-
ing, and any other usages except shellfishing  for  market  purposes  in
tidal  salt  waters[: For such sources the monthly median coliform value
for one hundred ml of sample shall not exceed two thousand four  hundred
from  a  minimum  of  five  examinations and provided that not more than
twenty percent of the samples shall exceed  a  coliform  value  of  five
thousand  for one hundred ml of sample and provided further that surface
waters] receiving treated sewage discharges which pass through  residen-
tial  communities  where  there is a potential exposure of population to
the surface waters shall  be  protected  by  the  requirement  that  all
[effluents]  EFFLUENT  from sewage treatment plants THAT ARE REQUIRED TO
PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF EFFECTIVE SECONDARY TREATMENT shall  be  adequately

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09611-01-5
              

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