Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 16, 2014 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 11, 2014 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.232 rules report cal.232 reported |
Jun 09, 2014 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 03, 2014 |
reported referred to codes |
May 29, 2014 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A9926
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
FAHY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
John T. McDonald III
Robert Sweeney
Phil Steck
Thomas Abinanti
2013-A9926 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7718
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §17-1019, En Con L
2013-A9926 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9926 I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fahy, McDo- nald, Sweeney, Steck) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to global financial surety THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 17-1019 to read as follows: S 17-1019 FINANCIAL SECURITY. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: A. "CLEANUP AND DECONTAMINATION" MEANS ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO PERMA- NENTLY ELIMINATE, REMOVE, ABATE, CONTROL OR MONITOR HEALTH AND/OR ENVI- RONMENTAL HAZARDS OR POTENTIAL HAZARDS. B. "CLEANUP AND DECONTAMINATION COSTS" MEAN ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEANUP AND DECONTAMINATION OF CONTAMINATION INCLUDING RELOCATION COSTS INCURRED BY THE STATE OR ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OR THEIR AGENTS OR ANY PERSON WITH APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT. C. "CONTAMINATION" MEANS ANY DAMAGE TO ANY PROPERTY OR THE ENVIRON- MENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY, ANY THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, OR ANY HAZARDOUS CONDITION THAT PREVENTS THE USE OF PROPERTY OR THAT REQUIRES RELOCATION OF PEOPLE OR PROPERTY TO PREVENT HARM RESULTING FROM THE RELEASE OF ANY SUBSTANCE. D. "ENVIRONMENT" MEANS ANY WATER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A STREAM, POND, LAKE, RIVER, WATER COURSE, AQUIFER, WETLAND, OR RESERVOIR, ANY LAND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A LAND SURFACE OR SUBSURFACE, AIR, FISH, WILDLIFE, BIOTA AND ALL OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES. 2. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER EXISTING REQUIREMENTS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE ALL PETROLEUM BULK STORAGE FACILITIES THAT STORE BAKKEN CRUDE OIL OR BITUMEN CRUDE OIL TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SECURITY TO MEET ALL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CLEANUP AND DECONTAMINATION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELEASE OF SUCH OIL. FINANCIAL SECURITY MAY BE EVIDENCED BY ONE OR A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER IN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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