Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S4665
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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-S4665 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4148
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง13-0347, En Con L
2009-S4665 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4665 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to purchase, sale, trade, or barter of fish containing polychlorinated biphenyls taken from New York waters PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA : Sets the maximum PCB content of fish taken from the waters of New York State to be purchased, sold, traded or bartered or offered for purchase, sale, trade, or barter at 1 part per million. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The bill adds a new subdivision 5 to section 13-0347 of the environmental conservation law that sets the maximum PCB content of fish taken from the waters of the state, including marine and coastal districts, to be purchased, sold, traded or bartered or offered for purchase, sale, trade, or barter at 1 parts per million. JUSTIFICATION : The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has classified PCBs as probable human carcinogens. PCBs in the State's waterways are taken up into the bodies of aquatic organisms, especially fish, reaching levels that may be thousands of times higher than PCB levels in the water in which they reside. Additionally, EPA studies have suggested PCBs that bioaccumulate in aquatic organisms, through environmental and metabolic alteration, become more toxic than commercial PCBs initially ingested by such organisms. Humans who
2009-S4665 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4665 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FOLEY -- 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 purchase, sale, trade, or barter of fish containing polychlorinated biphenyls taken from New York waters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 13-0347 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. FISH THAT ARE TAKEN FROM THE WATERS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THOSE TAKEN FROM THE MARINE AND COASTAL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 13-0103 OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE PURCHASED, SOLD, TRADED, OR BARTERED, OR OFFERED OR EXPOSED FOR PURCHASE, SALE, TRADE, OR BARTER, HAVING, IN ANY FORM, A POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONCENTRATION LEVEL GREATER THAN ONE PART PER MILLION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided however, that effective immediate- ly, the addition, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06993-03-9
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