Senate Bill S4812

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the enactment or enforcement of local laws or ordinances requiring the monitoring of groundwater impacts resulting from mining or the reclamation of mines within certain counties

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6314 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S4812 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6314
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-2703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7231, A9534
2015-2016: S367, A166

2017-S4812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the enactment or enforcement of local laws or ordinances requiring the monitoring of groundwater impacts resulting from mining or the reclamation of mines within counties with a population of one million or more which draws its primary source of drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer.

2017-S4812 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 4812                                                  A. 6314
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
   Conservation
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of A. THIELE, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT,
   PALUMBO, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Environ-
   mental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   authorizing the enactment or enforcement of local laws  or  ordinances
   requiring  the monitoring of groundwater impacts resulting from mining
   or the reclamation of mines within counties with a population  of  one
   million  or more which draw their primary source of drinking water for
   a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 23-2703 of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended by chapter 166 of the laws  of  1991,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 23-2703. Declaration of policy.
   1. The legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of this state
 to  foster  and  encourage  the development of an economically sound and
 stable mining industry, and the orderly development of domestic  mineral
 resources  and  reserves  necessary  to  assure satisfaction of economic
 needs compatible with  sound  environmental  management  practices.  The
 legislature  further  declares  it  to  be  the  policy of this state to
 provide for the management and planning for the use of these non-renewa-
 ble natural resources and to provide, in conjunction  with  such  mining
 operations,  for  reclamation of affected lands; to encourage productive
 use including but not restricted to the planting of forests, the  plant-
 ing  of  crops for harvest, the seeding of grass and legumes for grazing
 purposes,  the  protection  and  enhancement  of  wildlife  and  aquatic
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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