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Assembly Bill A4553

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes Westchester county to require local marinas provide for watercraft holding tank sewage disposal; prohibits littering of waterways

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2015-A4553 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง33-c, Nav L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7237

2015-A4553 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Westchester county to require that local marinas provide for the handling and disposal of sewage from watercraft holding tanks; directs the department of environmental conservation to request, from the federal environmental protection agency, a "no-discharge zone" designation of waters within the marine jurisdictional boundaries of Westchester county.

2015-A4553 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4553

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  navigation  law,  in  relation  to  regulating  the
  disposal  of  sewage  from  watercraft and marinas and prohibiting the
  littering of waterways

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  8  of section 33-c of the navigation law, as
amended by chapter 199 of the laws  of  1999,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  8.  All  marinas that provide pumpout facilities and dump stations for
the handling and disposal of sewage from marine holding tanks and  port-
able  toilets shall do so in a manner that will prevent the pollution of
the surface waters of  the  state.  The  facilities  for  unloading  and
disposal  of  such  sewage  shall be approved by either the local or the
state health department in accordance with [guidelines set forth by  the
department  in  consultation with the department of health] THE REQUIRE-
MENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF  THIS  SECTION.  The
department  of  environmental  conservation shall require that municipal
sewage treatment facilities accept such waste  originating  from  marine
holding  tanks  and  portable toilets unless the commissioner determines
that such action would cause an unacceptable threat to human  health  or
the  environment or the operation of a sewage treatment plant.  NOTWITH-
STANDING THE FOREGOING, WESTCHESTER COUNTY SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO REQUIRE
BY ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW, THAT ANY MARINA, WITHIN THE COUNTY OF WEST-
CHESTER, PROVIDE FOR THE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF  SEWAGE  FROM  HOLDING
TANKS OF WATERCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH LOCAL LAW.
  S  2.  Section  33-c  of the navigation law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
  11-A. THE DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO REQUEST  FROM  THE  FEDERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. S 140.4, A DESIG-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03685-01-5

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