Assembly Bill A9862

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to fuel gas transmission lines

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A9862 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7442
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§120, 121-a, 122 & 126, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A2458, S71

2013-A9862 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to fuel gas transmission lines; discusses procedures for filing for landowners and determining adverse environmental effects on agricultural lands.

2013-A9862 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9862

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to fuel  gas  trans-
  mission lines

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

  Section 1.  Section 120 of the public service law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. "LANDOWNER" MEANS THE HOLDER OF ANY RIGHT, TITLE,  INTEREST,  LIEN,
CHARGE  OR  ENCUMBRANCE  IN  REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A PROPOSED SITE OR
RIGHT OF WAY.
  S 2.  Section 121-a of the public service law, as added by chapter 538
of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
  S 121-a. Procedures with respect  to  certain  fuel  gas  transmission
lines.  1.  All  persons  who  intend to construct fuel gas transmission
lines as described in this section shall file with  the  commission  for
its  approval the standards and practices which will be applied to envi-
ronmental management and construction of all such lines or shall file  a
certified  statement agreeing to construct such lines in accordance with
standards and practices on file and approved by the commission.
  2. A notice of intention to construct a fuel gas transmission line  as
described in subdivision two of section one hundred twenty OF THIS ARTI-
CLE,  which  extends a distance of less than five miles and which is six
inches or less in nominal diameter, shall be filed with  the  commission
and shall contain:
  (a)  the  date  on  or  about  which  the  applicant  intends to begin
construction of the line;
  (b) a brief statement describing and locating the line;
  (c)  an  indication  of  the  approved  environmental  management  and
construction  standards and practices that will be followed in an effort
to minimize or avoid adverse environmental impacts to the maximum extent
practicable.
  A copy of such notice shall be served on each municipality AND TO  THE
GREATEST  EXTENT PRACTICABLE EACH LANDOWNER in which any portion of such

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

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