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Senate Bill S6525

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the designation of lead agency for environmental quality review purposes in certain cases

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2011-S6525 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9541
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง8-0111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A784
2015-2016: A4852
2017-2018: A8618
2019-2020: A203

2011-S6525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the designation of lead agency for environmental quality review purposes when the anticipated impacts of an action are primarily of regional or local significance.

2011-S6525 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6525

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
  vation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  designation  of  lead agency for environmental quality review purposes
  in certain cases

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section  8-0111  of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter  612  of  the  laws  of  1975,  is
amended to read as follows:
  6. Lead Agency. (A) IN DETERMINING THE LEAD AGENCY PURSUANT TO SECTION
617.6  OF PART SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF TITLE SIX OF THE OFFICIAL COMPI-
LATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES,  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS,  THE  LEAD
AGENCY SHALL BE A LOCAL AGENCY WHEN THE ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF AN ACTION
ARE PRIMARILY OF REGIONAL OR LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE.
  (B)  When  an  action  is to be carried out or approved by two or more
agencies, the determination of whether the action may have a significant
effect on the environment shall be made by the lead agency having  prin-
cipal  responsibility for carrying out or approving such action and such
agency shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract or  otherwise,
the environmental impact statement for the action if such a statement is
required  by  this  article. In the event that there is a question as to
which is the lead agency, any agency may  submit  the  question  to  the
commissioner  and  the  commissioner  shall  designate  the lead agency,
giving due consideration to the  capacity  of  such  agency  to  fulfill
adequately the requirements of this article.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on  or
before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14718-02-2

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