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Senate Bill S7116

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to procedures with respect to certain fuel gas transmission lines

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2017-S7116 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §121-a, Pub Serv L

2017-S7116 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all persons who intend to construct a major utility transmission facility must order a health impact study before such project can receive approval from the commission.

2017-S7116 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7116 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7116
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to procedures with
   respect to certain fuel gas transmission lines

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 121-a of the public service law,
 as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  All persons who intend to construct fuel gas transmission lines as
 described in this  section  shall  file  with  the  commission  for  its
 approval  the  standards and practices which will be applied to environ-
 mental management and construction of all such lines  or  shall  file  a
 certified  statement agreeing to construct such lines in accordance with
 standards and practices on file and approved by the commission. IN ADDI-
 TION, ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO CONSTRUCT A MAJOR  UTILITY  TRANSMISSION
 FACILITY  AS  DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
 OF THIS ARTICLE MUST ORDER A HEALTH IMPACT  STUDY  BEFORE  SUCH  PROJECT
 SHALL RECEIVE APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13587-01-7

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