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Assembly Bill A8480

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring air and soil quality monitoring for certain projects

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2019-A8480 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-0323, En Con L

2019-A8480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring air and soil quality monitoring for certain projects; requires the department of environmental conservation to conduct air quality and soil quality analysis of the area surrounding any development project, mass transportation project or park project within a city having a population of one million or more which includes the demolition of an existing building or the movement of four hundred five cubic feet of soil; requires the results of such analysis to be posted at the site of such projects daily.

2019-A8480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8480
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   requiring air and soil quality monitoring for certain projects
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 3-0323 to read as follows:
 § 3-0323. AIR AND SOIL QUALITY MONITORING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.
   1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT" MEANS A PROJECT UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF IMPROVEMENT OR DEVELOPMENT  OF  REAL  PROPERTY,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, STREET, ROAD AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE;
   (B)  "MASS  TRANSPORTATION  PROJECT"  MEANS THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECON-
 STRUCTION OF ANY RAPID TRANSIT, RAILROAD, OMNIBUS, MARINE TRANSPORTATION
 OR OTHER MASS TRANSPORTATION FACILITY; AND
   (C) "PARK PROJECT" MEANS A PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY A MUNICIPALITY, STATE
 AGENCY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION  FOR  THE  ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT OR IMPROVEMENT OF PARKS,
 PRESERVES,  BEACHES,  SHOREFRONTS,  RECREATIONAL  SITES  AND  FACILITIES
 INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES, ROADS AND PARKING FACILITIES.
   2.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT AIR QUALITY AND SOIL QUALITY ANALYSES
 OF THE AREA SURROUNDING ANY  DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT,  MASS  TRANSPORTATION
 PROJECT OR PARK PROJECT WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
 OR  MORE  WHICH  INCLUDES  THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING OR THE
 MOVEMENT OF FOUR HUNDRED FIVE CUBIC FEET OF SOIL, WHICH ANALYSIS  SHALL,
 BE  CONDUCTED  IN  A  MANNER THAT IS PROTECTIVE OF HUMAN HEALTH AND AT A
 MINIMUM  INCLUDE,  FEDERAL  CRITERIA  POLLUTANTS  INCLUDING  PARTICULATE
 MATTER OF 2.5 MICRONS OR SMALLER AND OTHER EMISSIONS AS THE COMMISSIONER
 MAY SPECIFY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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