| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2014 |
committed to rules |
| Mar 27, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
| Mar 26, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
| Mar 25, 2014 |
1st report cal.340 |
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to environmental conservation |
| Mar 21, 2013 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S4357
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 58th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2013-S4357 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7071
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §24-0701, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S7813, A11183
2011-2012: S4361, A4781
2015-2016: S1369, S6607, A2475
2017-2018: S7800, A4470
2019-2020: S447
2021-2022: S2254
2023-2024: S3206
2025-2026: S3434
2013-S4357 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4357
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to selectively cutting timber
PURPOSE: This bill would enhance the ability of farmers and other
landowners to selectively harvest timber within a regulated wetland
without disturbing the environmental integrity of the wetland.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Subdivision 4 of section 24-0701 of the
environmental conservation law is amended to allow the construction
and use, without the requirement of a permit, of temporary skidder
trails and machinery, using current best management practices as
outlined by USDA Forest Service, when selectively harvesting timber
within regulated wetlands.
JUSTIFICATION: Selective harvesting of timber and the operation of
machinery for agricultural purposes (including forestry) have always
been allowable activities in state regulated wetlands. This bill
clarifies that specific logging equipment and other machinery may
create and use temporary access trails in wetlands as long as current
Best Management Practices as prescribed by the US Department of
Agriculture Forest Service are followed. The addition would
standardize the regulation, as Adirondack Park Agency wetland
regulations already specify that "construction and using skid trails
for removal of timber" is not a regulated activity within APA
2013-S4357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4357
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 21, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on
Rural Resources) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
selectively cutting timber
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 24-0701 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 697 of the laws of 1979, is
amended to read as follows:
4. The activities of farmers and other landowners in grazing and
watering livestock, making reasonable use of water resources, harvesting
natural products of the wetlands, selectively cutting timber, draining
land or wetlands for growing agricultural products and otherwise engag-
ing in the use of wetlands or other land for growing agricultural
products shall be excluded from regulated activities and shall not
require a permit under subdivision one hereof, except that structures
not required for enhancement or maintenance of the agricultural produc-
tivity of the land and any filling activities shall not be excluded
hereunder, and provided that the use of land designated as a freshwater
wetland upon the freshwater wetlands map at the effective date thereof
for uses other than those referred to in this subdivision shall be
subject to the provisions of this article. WHEN SELECTIVELY CUTTING
TIMBER, THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF TEMPORARY SKIDDER TRAILS AND MACHIN-
ERY, USING CURRENT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICES, FOR THE REMOVAL OF
SUCH TIMBER SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM REGULATED ACTIVITIES AND SHALL NOT
REQUIRE A PERMIT UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02529-01-3
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