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Assembly Bill A8069A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the criteria for siting and the transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas

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2013-A8069 - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§23-1709 & 23-1713, En Con L

2013-A8069 - Summary

Relates to the criteria for siting and the transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas.

2013-A8069 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8069

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  criteria for siting and the transportation of  liquefied  natural  and
  petroleum gas

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1  of  section  23-1709  of  the  environmental
conversation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 233 of the laws of 1979, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. The department  shall,  after  investigation  and  opportunity  for
public  comment,  [within  one  year  from  the  effective  date of this
section] NO LATER THAN DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN,
adopt,  and  file  with the secretary of state, regulations establishing
criteria for the siting of liquefied natural and petroleum  gas  facili-
ties. Such siting criteria shall be designed to insure the maximum safe-
ty  of  the  public  from  hazards  associated with liquefied natural or
petroleum gas storage, transportation  and  conversion.  The  department
shall  also  within  one year from such effective date adopt regulations
prescribing the form and content of applications for environmental safe-
ty permits to construct a liquefied natural or petroleum gas facility.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 23-1713 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 892 of the laws of 1976, is amended to
read as follows:
  2. The department of transportation in consultation with  the  depart-
ment of environmental conservation shall establish criteria for the safe
transportation  of such liquefied natural and petroleum gas. Such crite-
ria shall take into consideration the proximity of the route  or  routes
to  contiguous populations, the capability of municipal fire departments
to protect communities and contiguous  populations  against  fire  cloud
damage  attendant upon vapor release of the gas from its cryogenic state

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11573-01-3

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2013-A8069A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§23-1709 & 23-1713, En Con L

2013-A8069A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the criteria for siting and the transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas.

2013-A8069A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 8069--A
                                                        Cal. No. 396

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CAMARA,  CRESPO,  ZEBROWSKI -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  advanced  to  a  third
  reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the
  order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  criteria  for  siting  and the transportation of liquefied natural and
  petroleum gas

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  23-1709 of the environmental
conversation law, as amended by chapter 233 of  the  laws  of  1979,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  The  department  shall,  after  investigation  and opportunity for
public comment, [within  one  year  from  the  effective  date  of  this
section]  NO  LATER  THAN  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN,
adopt, and file with the secretary of  state,  regulations  establishing
criteria  for  the siting of liquefied natural and petroleum gas facili-
ties. Such siting criteria shall be designed to insure the maximum safe-
ty of the public from  hazards  associated  with  liquefied  natural  or
petroleum  gas  storage,  transportation  and conversion. The department
shall also within one year from such effective  date  adopt  regulations
prescribing the form and content of applications for environmental safe-
ty permits to construct a liquefied natural or petroleum gas facility.
  S  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 23-1713 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as added by chapter 892 of the laws of  1976,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  2.  The  department of transportation in consultation with the depart-
ment of environmental conservation shall establish criteria for the safe
transportation of such liquefied natural and petroleum gas. Such  crite-
ria  shall  take into consideration the proximity of the route or routes
to contiguous populations, the capability of municipal fire  departments

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

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