Assembly Bill A6150B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to emissions of toxic air contaminants

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4371 - Passed Assembly


  • 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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2021-A6150 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4371
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0330, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7363, S3328

2021-A6150 - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to promulgate air quality standards for emissions of certain toxic air contaminants.

2021-A6150 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6150
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to emis-
   sions of toxic air contaminants; and to amend the state  finance  law,
   in relation to establishing the community benefit fund

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 19-0329 to read as follows:
 § 19-0329. AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS.
   1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "ADJACENT TO" SHALL MEAN WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE MILE.
   B. "ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA" SHALL MEAN AN AREA CHARACTERIZED  BY
 A POVERTY RATE OF AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT; OR AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF AT
 LEAST  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF THE STATEWIDE UNEMPLOYMENT
 RATE.
   C. "ETHNIC GROUP" SHALL MEAN THOSE GROUPS IDENTIFIED IN THE DEFINITION
 OF MINORITY GROUP MEMBER IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 TEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   D.  "ENVIRONMENTAL  JUSTICE  COMMUNITY"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  ECONOMICALLY
 DISTRESSED OR MINORITY COMMUNITY AND INCLUDES, BUT IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREAS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   E. "FENCELINE" SHALL MEAN THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF A MAJOR SOURCE.
   F.  "MAJOR SOURCE" SHALL MEAN STATIONARY AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCE THAT
 EMITS OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EMIT TEN TONS PER YEAR OR MORE OF A  TOXIC
 AIR CONTAMINANT OR TWENTY-FIVE TONS PER YEAR OR MORE OF A COMBINATION OF
 TOXIC CONTAMINANTS.
   G.  "MINORITY  COMMUNITY" SHALL MEAN ANY CENSUS TRACT, CENSUS BLOCK OR
 CENSUS BLOCK GROUP THAT INCLUDES TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OR  MORE  OF  ANY
 ETHNIC GROUP.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A6150A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4371
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0330, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7363, S3328

2021-A6150A - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to promulgate air quality standards for emissions of certain toxic air contaminants.

2021-A6150A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6150--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SEPTIMO, MAMDANI, ANDERSON, FERNANDEZ, SIMON,
   SILLITTI, EPSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, SOLAGES, FORREST, JACKSON,  GONZALEZ-RO-
   JAS,  DARLING,  L. ROSENTHAL,  KELLES,  SEAWRIGHT  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
   to the Committee on  Environmental  Conservation  in  accordance  with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to emis-
   sions  of  toxic air contaminants; and to amend the state finance law,
   in relation to establishing the community benefit fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 19-0330 to read as follows:
 § 19-0330. AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS.
   1. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "ADJACENT TO" SHALL MEAN WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE MILE.
   B.  "DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDI-
 VISION FIVE OF SECTION 75-0101 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   C. "FENCELINE" SHALL MEAN THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF A MAJOR SOURCE.
   D.  "MAJOR SOURCE" SHALL MEAN STATIONARY AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCE THAT
 EMITS OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EMIT TEN TONS PER YEAR OR MORE OF A  TOXIC
 AIR CONTAMINANT OR TWENTY-FIVE TONS PER YEAR OR MORE OF A COMBINATION OF
 TOXIC CONTAMINANTS.
   E.  "TOXIC  AIR  CONTAMINANT"  SHALL MEAN BENZENE, FORMALDEHYDE, VINYL
 CHLORIDE, POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS, POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS,
 TRICHLOROETHYLENE AND MERCURY.
   2. PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS. A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL,  ON  OR  BEFORE
 JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  PROMULGATE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
 STANDARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS: BENZENE,  FORMALDEH-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08074-06-2
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A6150B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4371
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0330, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7363, S3328

2021-A6150B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation to promulgate air quality standards for emissions of certain toxic air contaminants.

2021-A6150B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6150--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SEPTIMO, MAMDANI, ANDERSON, FERNANDEZ, SIMON,
   SILLITTI, EPSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, SOLAGES, FORREST, JACKSON,  GONZALEZ-RO-
   JAS,  DARLING,  L. ROSENTHAL,  KELLES,  SEAWRIGHT  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
   to the Committee on  Environmental  Conservation  in  accordance  with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
   reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to emis-
   sions of toxic air contaminants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 19-0330 to read as follows:
 § 19-0330. AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS.
   1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "ADJACENT TO" SHALL MEAN WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE MILE.
   B.  "DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDI-
 VISION FIVE OF SECTION 75-0101 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   C. "FENCELINE" SHALL MEAN THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF A MAJOR SOURCE.
   D. "MAJOR SOURCE" SHALL MEAN STATIONARY AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCE  THAT
 EMITS  OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EMIT TEN TONS PER YEAR OR MORE OF A TOXIC
 AIR CONTAMINANT OR TWENTY-FIVE TONS PER YEAR OR MORE OF A COMBINATION OF
 TOXIC CONTAMINANTS.
   E. "TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANT" SHALL  MEAN  BENZENE,  FORMALDEHYDE,  VINYL
 CHLORIDE, POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS, POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS,
 TRICHLOROETHYLENE, MERCURY AND ANY OTHER SUBSTANCES ADDED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08074-11-2
 A. 6150--B                          2
              

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