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Assembly Bill A665

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires any operator of a water treatment and desalination plant in this state shall integrate and utilize renewable energy systems and technology as a means to ope

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2011-A665 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง15-0107 & 15-1503, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A8770

2011-A665 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any operator of a water treatment and desalination plant in this state shall integrate and utilize renewable energy systems and technology as a means to operate such plants.

2011-A665 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   665

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. JAFFEE, SPANO, DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. BARRON, BRENNAN, GLICK, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  mandating  operators  of water treatment and desalination plants to be
  required to integrate renewable energy systems

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  6  and 7 of section 15-0107 of the environ-
mental conservation law are renumbered subdivisions 7 and 8  and  a  new
subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
  6. "RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES" SHALL MEAN SOLAR, WIND, PHOTOVOLTAICS,
TIDAL,  GEOTHERMAL,  FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES AND LOW-IMPACT, RUN-OF-RIVER
HYDROELECTRIC ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT WITH CAPACITY UP  TO  THIRTY
MEGAWATTS WITH NO NEW STORAGE IMPOUNDMENT.
  S  2. Section 15-0503 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. ANY DESALINATION PLANT THAT IS ISSUED A  PERMIT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION  MUST  UTILIZE  A  RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
15-0107 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. Subdivision 5 of section 15-1503 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion law is renumbered subdivision 6 and a new subdivision 5 is added to
read as follows:
  5.  ANY  DESALINATION  PLANT  THAT IS ISSUED A PERMIT PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION MUST UTILIZE A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
15-0107 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have become a law and shall apply to all permits issued on or
after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03983-01-1

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