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Assembly Bill A480

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires comprehensive accident prevention planning for the prevention of petroleum spills and leaks, and auditing thereof, in certain cities

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2011-A480 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S84
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง17-1006, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3892, S8253
2013-2014: A1740, S196
2015-2016: A556, S106
2017-2018: A2376, S1799, S7036
2019-2020: A2755, S2366
2021-2022: S3116

2011-A480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners and operators of petroleum bulk storage facilities located in cities of one million or more to undertake comprehensive accident prevention plans for the prevention of spills and leaks of petroleum; further requires such owners or operators to hire an independent company to quarterly audit the implementation of such plan.

2011-A480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   480

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  comprehensive accident prevention planning by and auditing of petrole-
  um bulk storage facilities in cities with a population of one  million
  or more

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

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 17-1006 to read as follows:
S 17-1006. COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION
             OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  EVERY  OWNER  OR OPERATOR OF A FACILITY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE
OF SECTION 17-1003 OF THIS TITLE, LOCATED WITHIN A  CITY  WITH  A  POPU-
LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE SHALL UNDERTAKE COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT
PREVENTION PLANNING FOR THE PREVENTION OF SPILLS AND LEAKS OF PETROLEUM,
AND SHALL HIRE AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO AUDIT, ON  A  QUARTERLY  BASIS,
THE  IMPLEMENTATION BY SUCH OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE HAZARD CONTROL PLAN
ADOPTED FOR SUCH FACILITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
environmental  conservation  may promulgate rules and regulations neces-
sary to effectuate the provisions of this act prior  to  such  effective
date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00446-01-1

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