Assembly Actions -
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Jun 06, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.40 rules report cal.40 reported |
Jun 05, 2012 |
reported referred to rules |
May 23, 2012 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
May 24, 2011 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A558
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LENTOL
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
co-Sponsors
Thomas Abinanti
2011-A558 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A558 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the department of environmental conservation to require, as a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a major facility license, the submission of satisfactory evidence that the applicant has implemented, or is in the process of implementing, state and federal plans and regulations for the prompt detection of petroleum discharges; requires applicants for a major facility license to submit information, in form satisfactory to the commissioner, describing the equipment used at the facility to promptly detect petroleum discharges; requires major facilities to install equipment to promptly detect discharges of petroleum from a tank and any connected petroleum pipelines within one year of effective date; defines "prompt detection".
2011-A558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 558 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 navigation law, in relation to the detection of petroleum discharges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 174 of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 3. As a condition precedent to the issuance or [renewel] RENEWAL of a license, the department OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION shall require satisfactory evidence that the applicant has implemented or is in the process of implementing state and federal plans and regulations for control AND PROMPT DETECTION of discharges of petroleum, and the containment and removal thereof when a discharge occurs. S 2. Subdivision 9 of section 174 of the navigation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: (E) THE EQUIPMENT USED AT THE FACILITY TO PROMPTLY DETECT DISCHARGES OF PETROLEUM. S 3. Section 174 of the navigation law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 12 and 13 to read as follows: 12. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, MAJOR FACILITIES MUST INSTALL EQUIPMENT TO PROMPTLY DETECT DISCHARGES OF PETROLEUM FROM A TANK AND ANY CONNECTED PIPELINES THAT ROUTINELY CONTAIN PETROLEUM. 13. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PROMPT DETECTION" MEANS THE DETECTION OF A DISCHARGE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, OR SOONER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, FROM THE ONSET OF SUCH DISCHARGE. S 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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