BILL NUMBER:A10108
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to requiring a reduction in sulfur for all heating oil used in
the state
PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to limit the sulfur content
in home heating oil.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one limits the sulfur content in number
two heating oil to no greater than 15 parts per million beginning July
1st, 2012. Section two authorizes the governor, after consultation with
NYSERDA, to make exceptions by executive order for considerations of
scarcity.
The bill authorizes the executive to suspend the requirements of the
bill if the price of home heating oil increases as a result of the bill.
JUSTIFICATION: When number two,:home heating oil is burned, sulfur
dioxide, a known greenhouse gas, is released into the atmosphere. Esti-
mates have shown that reducing the sulfur content of home heating oil is
an important and critical step in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Exhaust particles formed by using home heating oil can exacerbate aller-
gies, trigger asthma attacks, decrease lung function, cause heart
attacks and shorten life expectancy.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10108
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 4, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring a reduction in sulfur for all heating oil used in the state
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 19-0325 to read as follows:
S 19-0325. SULFUR REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS.
(1) ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, ALL NUMBER TWO HEAT-
ING OIL SOLD FOR USE IN RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR INDUSTRIAL HEATING
WITHIN THE STATE SHALL NOT HAVE A SULFUR CONTENT GREATER THAN FIFTEEN
PARTS PER MILLION.
(2) THE GOVERNOR MAY, BY ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, TEMPORARILY
SUSPEND THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS SECTION AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE
GOVERNOR'S DETERMINATION, AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE NEW YORK ENERGY
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THAT MEETING THE REQUIREMENT OF
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION IS NOT FEASIBLE DUE TO LACK OF ADEQUATE
SUPPLY OF THE REQUIRED FUEL.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05466-04-0
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