Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes |
Jun 11, 2019 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 06, 2019 |
reported referred to codes |
May 09, 2019 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A7558
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
THIELE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Anthony D'Urso
Linda Rosenthal
Felix Ortiz
Judy Griffin
2019-A7558 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5652
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §23-2703, En Con L
2019-A7558 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to mining in counties with a population of one million or more which draws the primary source of drinking water from a designated sole source aquifer, by prohibiting such activity where contamination to groundwater or drinking water on site or attributable to the site exceeds state or federal drinking water or groundwater standards.
2019-A7558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5652 A. 7558 2019-2020 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y May 9, 2019 ___________ 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 mining in counties with a population of one million or more which draws the primary source of drinking water from a designated sole source aquifer, by prohibiting such activities where contamination to groundwater or drinking water on site or attributable to the site exceeds state or federal drinking water or groundwater standards THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 23-2703 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 298 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 3. No agency of this state shall consider an application for a permit to mine as complete or process such application for a permit to mine pursuant to this title, within counties with a population of one million or more which draw their primary source of drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer[,]: (A) if local zoning laws or ordinances prohibit mining uses within the area proposed to be mined; OR (B) WITHIN A SPECIAL GROUNDWATER PROTECTION AREA, DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 55-0113 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS DOCUMENTED CONTAMINATION TO GROUNDWATER OR DRINKING WATER ON THE SITE OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SITE, WHICH EXCEEDS MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL DRINKING WATER OR GROUNDWATER STANDARDS. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A MINE WITHIN A SPECIAL GROUNDWATER EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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