NY State Senate Bill S8061

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 01, 2010	referred to environmental conservation
Jun 30, 2010	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1410 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 03, 2010	referred to environmental conservation

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S8061 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A11457
Current Committee:: Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 19 Title 13 §19-1301, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S2182, A2165

S8061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the regulation of outdoor wood boilers.

S8061 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER:S8061

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to outdoor wood
boilers

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill restricts the sale of
outdoor wood boilers after January 1, 2011 that do not meet EPA
emission standards and clarifies statutory authority regarding the
use of such as a heating source.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Legislative intent - clarifies that wood is a source of
clean fuel and when used properly should not be discouraged from
being used as a fuel source.

Section 2 defines clean wood, other biomass, outdoor wood boiler and
nuisance

Sections 3 - 7. Restricts the fuels that are allowed in outdoor wood
boilers to clean wood and other biomass, requires outdoor wood
boilers sold after January 1, 2011 to meet or exceed the particulate
and emission standards set under EPAs Phase II Voluntary Partnership
Program, directs the DEC to publish best practices on the operation,

use and siting of outdoor wood boilers, allows local governments to
more stringently regulate outdoor wood boilers, and clarifies that
the operation of such heating sources is subject to the nuisance
provisions of the real property and public health laws.

JUSTIFICATION:
Wood is a sustainable and renewable source of energy,
and burning wood reduces our dependence on foreign sources of energy.
When used responsibly, to bum clean wood or other biomass such as
wood pellets, corn or wood chips, outdoor wood boilers offer many New
Yorkers a reliable and more cost effective source of heat and hot
water when compared to the cost of other nonrenewable energy sources.
For the most part, the regulation of outdoor wood boilers should be
left to local governments who are better able to decide when and
where these units can be used, and are also better positioned to take
enforcement actions when the operator of such a unit is acting in a
way that is creating a nuisance situation. Restricting future sales
of outdoor wood boilers to those units that meet the requirements of
the U.S. EPA's Phase 2 Voluntary Partnership Program for outdoor
wood boilers will ensure that as new units are installed and old
units are replaced there will be fewer emissions of particulate matter.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state, allowing individuals to use
such heating devices may result in individual savings.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect
immediately, except that
restrictions on the sale of wood boilers that do not meet EPA
voluntary standards shall take effect January 1, 2011.

S8061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8061

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- 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
  outdoor wood boilers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent. The legislature finds that wood is a
sustainable and renewable resource and that burning clean wood for  heat
reduces  our  dependence on more costly foreign non-renewable sources of
energy. The legislature further finds that responsible burning of  clean
wood  in  an  outdoor wood boiler provides a reliable source of heat and
hot water at a relatively low cost when compared to other energy  sourc-
es.    Furthermore, the legislature finds that because of the wide vari-
ation in climate, topography,  community  character  and  socio-economic
conditions  throughout  New  York  state, any regulation of outdoor wood
boilers that is more restrictive than that contained in this act is most
appropriately left to local governments.
  S 2. Article 19 of the environmental conservation law  is  amended  by
adding a new title 13 to read as follows:
                                TITLE 13
                   REGULATION OF OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS
SECTION 19-1301. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS.
S 19-1301. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS.
  1.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN  THIS CHAPTER THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
MEAN:
  (A) "CLEAN WOOD" MEANS WOOD THAT HAS NOT BEEN PAINTED, STAINED,  COAT-
ED,  PRESERVED,  OR TREATED WITH ANY PRESERVATIVE, HERBICIDE, PESTICIDE,
ADHESIVE OR OTHER CHEMICAL COATING.
  (B) "OTHER BIOMASS" MEANS WOOD PELLETS, CORN, OR WOOD CHIPS.
  (C) "OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER" ALSO KNOWN AS  "HYDRONIC  HEATERS"  MEANS  A
FUEL  BURNING  DEVICE  THAT IS DESIGNED TO PRIMARILY BURN CLEAN WOOD, OR
OTHER BIOMASS AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION THAT  IS  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
UNIT  MANUFACTURER'S  RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IS TYPICALLY USED OUTDOORS OR
IN BUILDINGS NOT NORMALLY OCCUPIED BY HUMANS, SUCH AS GARAGES, SHEDS  OR

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

                                                           LBD17634-01-0

S. 8061                             2

BARNS.  OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS ARE USED TO HEAT WATER OR A WATER AND ANTI-
FREEZE MIXTURE THAT IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH PIPES GIVING OFF HEAT IN  THE
PROCESS.
  (D)  "NUISANCE"  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION MEANS THE OPERATION OF AN
OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER IN SUCH A WAY AS TO CREATE A CONDITION  THAT  INTER-
FERES  WITH  THE  QUIET USE AND ENJOYMENT OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTY BY THE
OWNER AND/OR OCCUPANT OF SUCH PROPERTY.
  2. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE AN OUTDOOR WOOD  BOILER  USING  ANY
FUEL  SOURCE  OTHER  THAN CLEAN WOOD OR OTHER BIOMASS THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER OF SUCH OUTDOOR WOOD  BOIL-
ER.
  3.  OPERATION  OF  AN OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER IN SUCH A WAY AS TO CREATE A
CONDITION THAT INTERFERES WITH THE QUIET USE AND ENJOYMENT OF  NEIGHBOR-
ING  LAND  BY THE OWNER OF SUCH LAND SHALL CONSTITUTE A NUISANCE AND THE
VIOLATOR SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS UNDER THE  NUISANCE
PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED  FORTY-ONE  OF THE REAL PROPERTY
ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW AND/OR SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF  THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  4.  NO  PERSON  SHALL OFFER FOR SALE, INSTALL OR ALLOW TO BE INSTALLED
ANY OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER THAT DOES NOT  MEET  THE  STANDARDS  ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT  TO THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PHASE II VOLUNTARY
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR EMISSIONS  FROM  OUTDOOR  WOOD  BOILERS  OF  .32
POUNDS  PER MILLION BRITISH THERMAL UNITS AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND ELEVEN.
  5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PREPARE AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC GUID-
ANCE ON THE BEST PRACTICES TO FOLLOW INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE
OPERATION,  SITING,  AND RECOMMENDED STACK HEIGHT FOR OUTDOOR WOOD BOIL-
ERS.
  6. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL  PRECLUDE  A  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  FROM
ENACTING MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS THAN THOSE ESTABLISHED HEREIN.
  7.  ANY  MORE STRINGENT REGULATION OF OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS BEYOND THAT
WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE LEFT TO THE GOVERNING BODIES
OF THE STATE'S CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Darrel J. Aubertine

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Jun 30, 2010 - floor Vote

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Joseph A. Griffo

Betty Little

David J. Valesky

S8061 (ACTIVE) - Details

S8061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S8061 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S8061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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