| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2012 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7724
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
2011-S7724 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10221
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §15-0514, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
A707
2011-S7724 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7724
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to groundwater
standards limiting nitrogen
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To improve water quality in Long Island estuaries by limiting the
nitrogen content of groundwater.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation
to develop an enforceable groundwater standard, in Nassau and Suffolk
counties, limiting nitrogen to no more than two milligrams per liter,
after holding a public hearing, and within 18 months of the effective
date,
EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:
This bill would amend §15-0514 of the Environmental Conservation Law.
JUSTIFICATION:
Nitrogen is essential to life and takes many forms including ammonia,
ammonium, nitrites, nitrates, and nitrous oxides. Studies have shown
that the impacts of man-made sources of nitrogen on groundwater
quality, on-site sanitary wastewater disposal in unsewered areas, for
2011-S7724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7724
I N S E N A T E
June 15, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
groundwater standards limiting nitrogen
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 4, 5, and 6 of section 15-0514 of the environ-
mental conservation law are renumbered subdivisions 5, 6, and 7 and a
new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, AND WITHIN EIGHTEEN
MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PROMULGATE RULES AND
REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH AN ENFORCEABLE GROUNDWATER STANDARD, FOR NASSAU
AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES, LIMITING NITROGEN TO NO MORE THAN 2 MG PER LITER.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15845-03-2
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