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Assembly Bill A9343

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the commissioner of environmental conservation to place certain air quality monitoring systems in certain communities

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2015-A9343 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง19-0322, En Con L

2015-A9343 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the commissioner of environmental conservation to place certain air quality monitoring systems in certain communities located within a city having a population of one million or more.

2015-A9343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9343

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  requiring the commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  to  place
  certain  air quality monitoring systems in certain communities located
  within a city having a population of one million or more

  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 19-0322 to read as follows:
S 19-0322. AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEMS REQUIRED WITHIN CERTAIN COMMU-
             NITIES WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR
             MORE.
  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PLACE AND OPERATE AN AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
MONITOR NETWORK WITHIN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES  IN  WHICH
STATE  HIGHWAYS ARE LOCATED IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
OR MORE. THE NETWORK SHALL CONTINUOUSLY MEASURE DATA FOR  FINE  PARTICU-
LATE  MATTER (PM) AND LEVELS OF NITROGEN OXIDE (NOX). SUCH DATA SHALL BE
DOCUMENTED ON A WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS IN EACH COMMUNITY.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR  HER  REPRESENTATIVE  SHALL  REPORT  THE
RESULTS  OF  THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING ON A YEARLY BASIS TO THE DEPART-
MENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  first  report  pursuant to section one of this act shall be due one
year after it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14094-01-6

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