Assembly Bill A3892

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3892

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  comprehensive accident prevention planning by and auditing of petrole-
  um bulk storage facilities in cities with a population of one  million
  or more

  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 17-1006 to read as follows:
S 17-1006. COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION
             OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  EVERY  OWNER  OR OPERATOR OF A FACILITY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE
OF SECTION 17-1003 OF THIS TITLE, LOCATED WITHIN A  CITY  WITH  A  POPU-
LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE SHALL UNDERTAKE COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT
PREVENTION PLANNING FOR THE PREVENTION OF SPILLS AND LEAKS OF PETROLEUM,
AND SHALL HIRE AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO AUDIT, ON  A  QUARTERLY  BASIS,
THE  IMPLEMENTATION BY SUCH OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE HAZARD CONTROL PLAN
ADOPTED FOR SUCH FACILITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
environmental  conservation  may promulgate rules and regulations neces-
sary to effectuate the provisions of this act prior  to  such  effective
date.



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