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Assembly Bill A5370

2013-2014 Legislative Session

No SPDES program fee for any volunteer fire company or department, voluntary ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad discharging at a de minimis level

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2013-A5370 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง72-0602, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10913
2011-2012: A1501

2013-A5370 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides no SPDES program fee be charged for any volunteer fire company or department, voluntary ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad determined by the department of environmental conservation to be discharging at a de minimis level.

2013-A5370 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5370

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TEDISCO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A.
  BARCLAY, CROUCH, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
  Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to state
  pollutant discharge elimination system program fees for certain volun-
  teer organizations

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

  Section 1. Subdivision t  of  section  72-0602  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  amended by section 1 of part JJ of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2009, is amended and a new subdivision u is added to read as
follows:
  t. $100.00 for any facility, other than  a  municipal  separate  storm
sewer as defined by 40 CFR S122.26 (b) (8), discharging or authorized to
discharge  pursuant to a general permit unless a specific fee is imposed
pursuant to subdivisions a through s of this section for such  discharge
or authorization to discharge[.];
  U.  NO  FEE FOR ANY P/C/I VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT, VOLUN-
TARY AMBULANCE SERVICE OR  VOLUNTEER  RESCUE  SQUAD  DETERMINED  BY  THE
DEPARTMENT TO BE DISCHARGING AT A DE MINIMIS LEVEL.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05781-01-3

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