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                                   3453
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to authorize the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to
   establish the Lake DeForest Flood Control Pilot Program; and providing
   for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   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  the  Lake  DeForest  Flood  Control  Pilot Program to regulate the
 volume and releases of water from the Lake DeForest reservoir, which  is
 operated  by  a  privately  owned  waterworks  corporation as defined in
 section 2 of the public service law, to mitigate downstream flooding, to
 the maximum extent practicable while recognizing and ensuring the prima-
 ry purpose of the availability of sufficient quality drinking water. The
 department shall promulgate rules and regulations describing the circum-
 stances in which flood control  authority  may  be  used  including  the
 anticipation of a major weather event, large inflow of water into reser-
 voirs,  dam safety, seasonal precipitation schedules or any other condi-
 tion that may  reasonably  cause  unnecessary  flooding  to  surrounding
 areas.
   § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019 and shall expire and
 be deemed repealed December 31, 2029.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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