Senate Bill S7577A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 7577--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 10, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the navigation law, in relation to notice of crude oil
  shipments to major facilities

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

  Section 1. The navigation law is amended by adding a new section 174-c
to read as follows:
  S 174-C. NOTICE OF CRUDE OIL SHIPMENTS TO MAJOR FACILITIES. 1. A MAJOR
FACILITY  THAT  RECEIVES  CRUDE  OIL  FROM  A  RAILROAD CAR MUST PROVIDE
ADVANCE NOTICE TO THE COMMISSIONER AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION.  THE
ADVANCE  NOTICE MUST, AT A MINIMUM, INCLUDE THE ROUTE TO BE TAKEN TO THE
FACILITY WITHIN THE STATE, IF KNOWN, AND THE SCHEDULED  TIME,  LOCATION,
VOLUME,  REGION PER BILL OF LADING, AND GRAVITY AS MEASURED BY STANDARDS
DEVELOPED BY THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, OF  CRUDE  OIL  RECEIVED.
EACH  WEEK,  A  FACILITY THAT PROVIDES ADVANCE NOTICE UNDER THIS SECTION
MUST PROVIDE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCHEDULED ARRIVAL OF
RAILROAD CARS CARRYING CRUDE OIL TO BE RECEIVED BY THE FACILITY  IN  THE
SUCCEEDING  SEVEN-DAY PERIOD IN A MANNER SPECIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.  A
MAJOR FACILITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ADVANCE NOTICE WHEN  THERE  IS
NO  RECEIPT  OF  CRUDE OIL FROM A RAILROAD CAR SCHEDULED FOR A SEVEN-DAY
PERIOD.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SHARE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A MAJOR FACIL-
ITY WITH THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND SHALL PROVIDE  INFOR-
MATION TO ANY MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCY UPON REQUEST.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER MUST POST INFORMATION COLLECTED UNDER THIS SECTION
ON A QUARTERLY BASIS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEB SITE PROVIDED THAT
THE  INFORMATION  PUBLISHED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER MAY BE AGGREGATED ON A
STATEWIDE BASIS BY ROUTE THROUGH THE STATE, BY  WEEK,  AND  BY  TYPE  OF
CRUDE  OIL.  THE  REPORT MAY ALSO INCLUDE OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO
THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PLACE OF ORIGIN, MODES  OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11295-05-6
              

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TRANSPORT,  NUMBER OF RAILROAD CARS DELIVERING CRUDE OIL, AND NUMBER AND
VOLUME OF SPILLS DURING TRANSPORT AND DELIVERY.
  4.  A  FACILITY  PROVIDING  ADVANCE  NOTICE  UNDER THIS SECTION IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING  ADVANCE  NOTICE  TIMEFRAME  REQUIREMENTS  UNDER
SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  IN  THE  EVENT THAT THE SCHEDULE OF
ARRIVALS OF RAILROAD CARS CARRYING CRUDE OIL CHANGES DURING A  SEVEN-DAY
PERIOD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY SUCH ARRIVALS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE
FOLLOWING WEEK'S NOTICE.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.