assembly Bill A1862

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Assembly


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

Your Voice

do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

view actions (12)
Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 24, 2018 referred to environmental conservation
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jan 03, 2018 ordered to third reading cal.140
returned to assembly
died in senate
Apr 24, 2017 referred to environmental conservation
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Mar 09, 2017 advanced to third reading cal.119
Mar 07, 2017 reported
Jan 13, 2017 referred to environmental conservation

Co-Sponsors

view additional co-sponsors

Multi-Sponsors

A1862 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3199
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-0308, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8489, S1330
2011-2012: A611, S2703
2013-2014: A3729, S931
2015-2016: A3382, S959
2019-2020: A1779, S181

A1862 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones; provides that high local environmental impact zones are areas most adversely affected by existing environmental hazards.

A1862 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  1862

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, ROSENTHAL, COLTON -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  high
  local environmental impact communities

  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 3-0308 to read as follows:
§ 3-0308. IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ZONES.
  1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PUBLISH A BIENNIAL LIST OF "HIGH LOCAL ENVI-
RONMENTAL  IMPACT  ZONES", WHICH SHALL IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS OF THE STATE
WHICH ARE MOST ADVERSELY AFFECTED  BY  EXISTING  ENVIRONMENTAL  HAZARDS.
SUCH  LIST  SHALL  IDENTIFY  HIGH LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ZONES IN AS
SPECIFIC DETAIL AS IS PRACTICABLE, AND  SHALL  IDENTIFY  SUCH  ZONES  BY
CENSUS  TRACT,  CENSUS  BLOCK GROUP OR NINE DIGIT ZIP CODE TO THE EXTENT
POSSIBLE, AND SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE ZONES EXISTING IN WHOLE  OR  IN
PART  IN  NO  FEWER THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE FIVE-DIGIT ZIP CODES IN THE
STATE. IN COMPILING SUCH LIST, THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSIDER,  AT  A
MINIMUM,  EACH  OF  THE  FOLLOWING FACTORS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER FACTORS
THAT THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS RELEVANT TO A DETERMINATION OF THE  RELATIVE
ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES:
  A.  THE  QUANTITIES  OF  TOXIC  CHEMICALS  RELEASED WITHIN THE AREA AS
REPORTED IN THE TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY COMPILED PURSUANT TO THE FEDER-
AL EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY  RIGHT-TO-KNOW  ACT  (42  U.S.C.  §§
11001 ET SEQ.);
  B. THE QUANTITIES OF EMISSIONS, DISCHARGES AND STORED WASTE AUTHORIZED
AT FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE AREA BY PERMITS ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES
17, 19, 27, 29 AND 40 OF THIS CHAPTER;
  C. THE QUANTITIES OF PESTICIDES SOLD AND USED IN THE AREA AS REFLECTED
IN THE PESTICIDE SALES AND USE DATA BASE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
33-1201 OF THIS CHAPTER;

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