Senate Bill S6475A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes programs to encourage the removal and replacement of single-wall steel home heating oil storage tanks which are leaking or otherwise pose a threat to the environment

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

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2017-S6475 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1886
2021-2022: S5497
2023-2024: S4701

2017-S6475 - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation and office of temporary and disability assistance to establish programs to encourage the removal and replacement of single-wall steel home heating oil storage tanks which are leaking or otherwise pose a threat to the environment.

2017-S6475 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6475 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6475
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to direct the department of environmental  conservation  and  the
   office of temporary and disability assistance to establish programs to
   encourage  the removal and replacement of single-wall steel home heat-
   ing oil storage tanks which are leaking or otherwise pose a threat  to
   the environment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The department of environmental conservation  shall  estab-
 lish  a  program to encourage the removal and replacement of single-wall
 steel home heating oil storage tanks which are leaking or otherwise pose
 a threat to the environment.
   § 2. (a) The commissioner of the department of environmental conserva-
 tion shall develop and promulgate regulations which shall  provide  that
 single-walled  home  heating oil tanks are phased out of use in New York
 state by January 1, 2020.
   (b) After January 1, 2020, home heating oil storage tanks  for  single
 family  residences which are removed and replaced shall be replaced only
 with double-bottom-wall steel tanks, double-wall steel tanks with  plas-
 tic liners, fiberglass tanks of both single and double wall construction
 or  with  such  other  storage tanks which are capable of preventing and
 containing oil spills,  including  those  having  secondary  containment
 capacity equal to or exceeding 110 percent of the primary storage capac-
 ity.
   §  3. The commissioner of the department of environmental conservation
 shall develop and promulgate regulations which shall provide  that  home
 heating  and oil storage tanks for newly constructed single family resi-
 dences shall be double-bottom-wall steel tanks, double-wall steel  tanks
 with plastic liners, or such other tanks which are capable of preventing
 and  containing oil spills, including those having secondary containment

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

2017-S6475A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1886
2021-2022: S5497
2023-2024: S4701

2017-S6475A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of environmental conservation and office of temporary and disability assistance to establish programs to encourage the removal and replacement of single-wall steel home heating oil storage tanks which are leaking or otherwise pose a threat to the environment.

2017-S6475A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6475A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6475--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
   accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  direct the department of environmental conservation and the
   office of temporary and disability assistance to establish programs to
   encourage the removal and replacement of single-wall steel home  heat-
   ing  oil storage tanks which are leaking or otherwise pose a threat to
   the environment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The department of environmental conservation shall estab-
 lish a program to encourage the removal and replacement  of  single-wall
 steel home heating oil storage tanks which are leaking or otherwise pose
 a threat to the environment.
   § 2. (a) The commissioner of the department of environmental conserva-
 tion  shall  develop and promulgate regulations which shall provide that
 single-walled home heating oil tanks are phased out of use in  New  York
 state by January 1, 2021.
   (b)  After  January 1, 2021, home heating oil storage tanks for single
 family residences which are removed and replaced shall be replaced  only
 with  double-bottom-wall steel tanks, double-wall steel tanks with plas-
 tic liners, fiberglass tanks of both single and double wall construction
 or with such other storage tanks which are  capable  of  preventing  and
 containing  oil  spills,  including  those  having secondary containment
 capacity equal to or exceeding 110 percent of the primary storage capac-
 ity.
   § 3. The commissioner of the department of environmental  conservation
 shall  develop  and promulgate regulations which shall provide that home
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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