Assembly Bill A1836

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1836 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §49-0103, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7719
2011-2012: A4491
2013-2014: A4031
2015-2016: A4646

2017-A1836 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site.

2017-A1836 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1836
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McLAUGHLIN  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   authorizing  a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loef-
   fel Hazardous Waste Site

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  49-0103 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. SUPERVISE AND/OR CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE MARINE LIFE, AMPHIBIANS AND
 MAMMALS INHABITING THE AREA KNOWN AS THE DEWEY LOEFFEL  HAZARDOUS  WASTE
 SITE AND THE ENVIRONS OF NASSAU LAKE, RENSSELAER COUNTY, FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENCE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES INCLUDING BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO  POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAM-
 INANTS IN SUCH WILDLIFE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL,  ON  OR  BEFORE  FEBRUARY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND NINETEEN, PREPARE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
 LEGISLATURE OUTLINING THE SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY AND  ASSESSING
 THE  VIABILITY  OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIMILAR STUDY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE
 THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04312-01-7

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