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Senate Bill S8564

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting certain mining and waste facilities

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2017-S8564 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10635
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-2703, En Con L

2017-S8564 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the collocation of mines with facilities to receive and process waste 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-S8564 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8564 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 8564                                                 A. 10635
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 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 -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  collocation  of mines with facilities to receive and
   process waste 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
 
   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  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. NO AGENCY OF THIS STATE SHALL PROCESS OR APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR
 A  PERMIT  OR  A PERMIT RENEWAL, PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, 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, WHERE SUCH MINE IS CO-LOCATED WITH ANY FACILITY FOR
 THE RECEIPT, PROCESSING, SALE, STORAGE, OR  TRANSFER  OF  WASTE  OF  ANY
 KIND.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF
 WHETHER OR NOT A PERMIT OR REGISTRATION FOR SUCH A FACILITY IS  REQUIRED
 BY  THIS  CHAPTER.  SUCH  WASTE,  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO
 GARBAGE, MANURE, TREES, SEPTAGE, BRUSH, STUMPS, LEAVES, YARD  CLIPPINGS,
 STREET  SWEEPINGS,  ASPHALT,  CONCRETE,  STONE, CRUSHED STONE, TOP SOIL,
 DEBRIS, CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES, LAND CLEARING DEBRIS, AND  CONSTRUCTION
 AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15547-02-8

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