Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Jan 21, 2009 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A2924
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A2924 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A2924 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires an environmental impact statement to include provisions for a follow-up program; requires rules and regulations be adopted on form and content for follow-up program; makes provisions for sample audit and assessments of environmental impact statements; instructs commissioner of environmental conservation to annually audit not less than four completed environmental impact statements for actions which are complete in order to assess how the issues, commitments, recommendations, requirements including public disclosure and impact and questions raised during the environmental review process were performed.
2009-A2924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2924 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 21, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to including a follow-up program to the environmental review process THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-0109 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g-1) to read as follows: (G-1) THE NEED FOR AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A MONITORING PLAN WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED ACTION; S 2. Section 8-0109 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. AN AGENCY WHICH HAS PREPARED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SHALL MAINTAIN AND HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PREPARATION OF SUCH STATEMENT UNTIL THE FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED ACTION IS COMPLETE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO AFFECT ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW REQUIRING THE MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 8-0113 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows: (M) FORM AND CONTENT OF A FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ONE OR A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) MITIGATION/COMPENSATION PLAN ADDRESSING THE MEANS BY WHICH THE IDENTIFIED IMPACTS ARE TO BE ADEQUATELY MITIGATED AND/OR COMPENSATED; (2) MONITORING PLAN COVERING THE MONITORING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH ESTABLISHED REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND STAND- ARDS; ESTABLISH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PREDICTIONS, MITIGATION AND/OR COMPENSATION STRATEGIES, PROCEDURES OR TECHNIQUES; AND DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06248-01-9
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