Assembly Bill A9673

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the attorney general to intervene on behalf of the plaintiffs in Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Inc., et al. v United States General Services

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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-A9673 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7623
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Conservation
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5515, S3722

2017-A9673 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state attorney general to intervene on behalf of the plaintiffs in Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Inc., et al. v United States General Services et al. seeking to invalidate the decision of the federal government to sell Plum Island and to take all additional legal action necessary for the conservation of Plum Island.

2017-A9673 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 7623                                                  A. 9673
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2018
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT directing the state attorney general to intervene  on  behalf  of
   the plaintiffs in Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Inc., et al. v
   United  States General Services et al. seeking to invalidate the deci-
   sion of the federal government to sell Plum Island  and  to  take  all
   additional legal action necessary for the conservation of Plum Island
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative Findings.  Plum Island, a small island off  the
 coast  of  Long  Island,  New  York, is owned by the federal government.
 First operated as a coastal artillery  post,  Plum  Island  has  been  a
 federal  research facility for animal diseases from 1954 to the present.
 Because of the federal research  facility  operations,  access  to  Plum
 Island  has  been extremely limited, with human activity on the 840-acre
 island largely restricted to approximately 170 acres.
   The remaining 670 acres is a unique and extraordinary nature  preserve
 that  is  home  to  several  federal  endangered species, has a critical
 ecological link to Long Island Sound and the marine species that inhabit
 it, and serves as habitat for over 200 species of birds.  Plum  Island's
 undisturbed  habitat  includes  196  acres of upland forest, 96 acres of
 freshwater wetlands, and 101 acres of a beach/dune system.
   In January 2009, the United States  Department  of  Homeland  Security
 (DHS) decided to relocate its animal disease research facility, known as
 the  Plum  Island  Animal Disease Center ("PIADC") to Manhattan, Kansas.
 DHS also began preparations to sell Plum Island. The federal  government
 prepared  an  Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for the sale of the
 PIADC and Plum Island, and issued its final  decision  to  move  forward
 with  the  sale of the island to the highest bidder in a Record of Deci-
 sion ("ROD").
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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