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Senate Bill S5698A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to a proposed electric generating facility in the county of Suffolk

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2011-S5698 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4594
2015-2016: S5232

2011-S5698 - Summary

Relates to a proposed electric generating facility in the county of Suffolk.

2011-S5698 - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5698 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5698

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT in relation to a proposed electric  generating  facility  in  the
  county  of  Suffolk;  and  providing for the repeal of such provisions
  upon expiration thereof

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

  Section  1. Notwithstanding any other section of law or regulation, an
electric generating facility proposed to be constructed on a site at all
or a portion of tax map plots  206/007-01-001.1,  206/007-01-001.3,  and
206/007-01-001.2  in  the  village  of  Port  Jefferson in the county of
Suffolk to which a certificate of completion has been issued pursuant to
section 27-1419 of the environmental conservation law shall be deemed to
be a site used primarily for manufacturing as that term is delimited  in
subparagraph  (A) of paragraph (3-a) of subdivision (a) of section 21 of
the tax law, and such site shall be considered in an environmental  zone
as  described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of
section 21 of the tax law and  subparagraph  (A)  of  paragraph  (5)  of
subdivision (a) of section 22 of the tax law if such electric generating
facility:
  1.  is  designed  and intended to operate at an electricity production
efficiency level of at least forty-eight percent;
  2. will be capable of producing at least 600 MW of electric generating
capacity running at least 7000 hours per year;
  3. will be able to achieve a 2 parts per  million  limit  for  nitrous
oxide emissions using Lowest Achievable Emission Rate technologies;
  4. will utilize Lowest Achievable Emission Rate technologies if feasi-
ble,  or,  at  a minimum, Best Available Control Technologies for carbon
monoxide and sulfur dioxide emission levels;
  5. will safely demolish and remove from  the  site  the  existing  two
operating  175 MW generators currently operating on the site and the two

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13076-01-1

2011-S5698A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4594
2015-2016: S5232

2011-S5698A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a proposed electric generating facility in the county of Suffolk.

2011-S5698A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5698A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5698--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
  mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT in relation to a proposed electric  generating  facility  in  the
  county  of  Suffolk;  and  providing for the repeal of such provisions
  upon expiration thereof

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

  Section  1. Notwithstanding any other section of law or regulation, an
electric generating facility proposed to be constructed on a site at all
or a portion of tax map plots  206/007-01-001.1,  206/007-01-001.3,  and
206/007-01-001.2  in  the  village  of  Port  Jefferson in the county of
Suffolk to which a certificate of completion has been issued pursuant to
section 27-1419 of the environmental conservation law shall be deemed to
be a site used primarily for manufacturing as that term is delimited  in
subparagraph  (A) of paragraph (3-a) of subdivision (a) of section 21 of
the tax law, and such site shall be considered in an environmental  zone
as  described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of
section 21 of the tax law and  subparagraph  (A)  of  paragraph  (5)  of
subdivision (a) of section 22 of the tax law if such electric generating
facility:
  1.  is  designed  and intended to operate at an electricity production
efficiency level of at least forty-eight percent;
  2. will be capable of producing at least 600 MW of electric generating
capacity running at least 7000 hours per year;
  3. will be able to achieve a 2 parts per  million  limit  for  nitrous
oxide emissions using Lowest Achievable Emission Rate technologies;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13076-02-2

S. 5698--A                          2

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