Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Jun 25, 2015 |
committed to rules |
May 11, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
May 06, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
May 05, 2015 |
1st report cal.540 |
Mar 05, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S4186
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 58th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S4186 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Navigation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§176, 180, 181 & 183, Nav L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S5418
2013-2014: S1675
2017-2018: S2822
2019-2020: S1880
2015-S4186 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to responsible parties for petroleum contaminated sites and incentives to parties who are willing to remediate such sites; provides that a discharger may present evidence as to third party responsibility for petroleum discharge; provides for apportionment of liability; provides that parties willing to remediate such discharge shall be entitled to liability limitation.
2015-S4186 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4186 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to responsible parties for petroleum contaminated sites and incentives to parties who are willing to remediate petroleum contaminated sites PURPOSE: This bill establishes a new allocation scheme under the Navigation Law to enable the Department of Environmental Conservation ("Department") to fairly allocate responsibility for a cleanup among the dischargers who should be responsible to share in the remediation costs; and establishes a new liability limitation that would incentivize parties to remediate contaminated sites. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill would amend Navigation Law § 176 paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 to allow a party that the Department has deemed a discharger of a petroleum spill to be able to present evidence that another party is solely responsible for the discharge, and to require the Department to consider and make a determination upon that evidence. This section further provides that if the department determines that the person the department initially deems a discharger and the third party are both dischargers, the department shall, within 30 days of such request, advise each of the parties that are deemed
2015-S4186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4186 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to responsible parties for petroleum contaminated sites and incentives to parties who are willing to remediate petroleum contaminated sites THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 176 of the navi- gation law, as amended by chapter 584 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: (a) Upon the occurrence of a discharge of petroleum, the department shall respond promptly and proceed to cleanup and remove the discharge in accordance with environmental priorities or may, at its discretion, direct the discharger to promptly cleanup and remove the discharge. IF A PERSON THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS A DISCHARGER, AND THUS DIRECTS TO CLEANUP AND REMOVE THE DISCHARGE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION PRESENTS THE DEPART- MENT WITH EVIDENCE THAT A THIRD PARTY IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISCHARGE AND REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE EVIDENCE ESTABLISHES THE THIRD PARTY IS IN FACT SOLELY RESPONSIBLE, THE DEPART- MENT SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF SUCH REQUEST, DETERMINE IN WRITING EITHER THAT THE THIRD PARTY: (I) SHALL BE DEEMED A DISCHARGER BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND SHALL BE DIRECTED TO UNDERTAKE THE CLEANUP AND REMOVAL OF THE DISCHARGE; OR (II) WILL NOT BE DEEMED A DISCHARGER BY THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE INFORMATION PRESENTED DOES NOT ESTABLISH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE THIRD PARTY BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE. IF THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT THE PERSON THE DEPARTMENT INITIALLY DEEMS A DISCHARGER AND THE THIRD PARTY ARE BOTH DISCHARGERS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST, ADVISE EACH OF THE PARTIES THAT THEY ARE DEEMED DISCHARGERS SUBJECT TO APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY FOR THE DISCHARGE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS ARTICLE. The department shall be responsible for EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07075-01-5
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