Assembly Bill A1877

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that an affected municipality, upon request, be designated as a co-lead agency for the quality review of a proposed action

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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-A1877 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-0109, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9369, A3431
2011-2012: A4470
2013-2014: A6277, A8914
2015-2016: A1694
2019-2020: A2291
2021-2022: A5097

2017-A1877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that an affected municipality, upon request, be designated as a co-lead agency for the quality review of a proposed action.

2017-A1877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1877
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to envi-
   ronmental quality review
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  proposed  actions may have adverse environmental impacts
 upon surrounding communities and that such impacts may  be  inconsistent
 with  smart  growth  initiatives and other regional planning initiatives
 undertaken in these areas and may affect the long-term environmental and
 economic sustainability of New York.
   2. The legislature further finds and declares that  it  shall  be  the
 policy  of  the  state of New York that the regional impacts of proposed
 actions shall be considered at the initial stages of  the  environmental
 review process.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 8-0109 of the environmental conservation
 law,  as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 1990, the fourth undesig-
 nated paragraph as amended by chapter 238 of the laws of  1991  and  the
 fifth  undesignated  paragraph  as amended by chapter 641 of the laws of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   4. (A) As early as possible in the formulation of a  proposal  for  an
 action,  the  responsible  agency  shall  make  an initial determination
 whether an environmental impact  statement  need  be  prepared  for  the
 action.  When  an action is to be carried out or approved by two or more
 agencies, such determination shall be made as early  as  possible  after
 the designation of the lead agency.
   (B)  IN  MAKING  SUCH  INITIAL  DETERMINATION,  THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
 AND/OR APPLICANT SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH ACTION MAY HAVE  A  SIGNIF-
 ICANT  EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE HEALTH,
 SAFETY, AND PUBLIC WELFARE OF AN ADJOINING MUNICIPALITY  WITHOUT  JURIS-

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

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