Senate Bill S7617

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires forest management plans for certain lands and forbids clearcutting without, and increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting

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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-S7617 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9659
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §49-0311 to be §49-0313, add §49-0311, En Con L; amd §§809, 810 & 803, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S985, A820
2021-2022: S4007, A5731
2023-2024: S2831, A3841

2017-S7617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires forest management plans, subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation, for certain lands subject to a conservation easement purchased by the state and forbids clearcutting on such lands without such forest management plan; increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting.

2017-S7617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7617
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   preparation  of forest management plans subject to the approval of the
   department of environmental conservation; and to amend  the  executive
   law, in relation to increasing the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park
   agency over clearcutting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 49-0311 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
 renumbered section 49-0313 and a new section 49-0311 is added to read as
 follows:
 § 49-0311. FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS.
   1.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE
 REGULATIONS, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 FOR  THE PREPARATION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS ON LANDS WHERE THE PRAC-
 TICE OF FORESTRY IS TO CONTINUE UNDER THE TERMS OF A CONSERVATION  EASE-
 MENT  PURCHASED BY THE STATE. THERE SHALL BE NO HARVESTING OF TIMBER FOR
 COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OR INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITIES ON SUCH LANDS UNTIL THE
 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   2. THE FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SUPPORTING  DOCUMENTS  SHALL,  AT  A
 MINIMUM, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
   A.  A DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST RESOURCES TO BE MANAGED, ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS, LAND USE AND OWNERSHIP STATUS, AND A PROFILE
 OF ADJACENT LANDS;
   B. A DESCRIPTION OF SILVICULTURAL AND  OTHER  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEMS,  AS
 APPLICABLE,  BASED ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE FOREST IN QUESTION AND INFORMA-
 TION GATHERED THROUGH RESOURCE INVENTORIES;
   C. A RATIONALE FOR THE RATE OF ANNUAL HARVEST, SPECIES SELECTIONS, AND
 EXPECTED OUTCOMES;
   D. PROVISIONS FOR MONITORING OF FOREST GROWTH AND DYNAMICS;
   E. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL  ASSESSMENTS.  SUCH
 ENVIRONMENTAL  ASSESSMENTS SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, INCLUDE AN EVALUATION OF
 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THEIR CUMULATIVE EFFECTS, AND  IDEN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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