Assembly Bill A10188

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay

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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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2021-A10188 - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0505, En Con L; amd §3, Chap 288 of 2014
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2825

2021-A10188 - Summary

Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay; directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on ecological restoration needs in Jamaica Bay.

2021-A10188 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10188
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   Pheffer Amato) -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Environ-
   mental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay; and to amend chapter 288 of the
   laws of 2014 amending the environmental conservation law  relating  to
   the  filling  of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay, in relation to making the
   provisions of such chapter permanent
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. Due to the increase in vessel size in
 recent years, New York State waterways such as channels, berthing  areas
 and  harbors are being excavated in a process known as dredging to main-
 tain sufficient depth for safe and efficient vessel operation.
   Dredged material  is  naturally  accumulated  sediment,  much  of  the
 dredged  material  does  contain  some  contaminants  at varying concen-
 trations.
   Jamaica Bay was dredged to supply soil for a  number  of  construction
 projects. This process created borrow pits in the bay. These borrow pits
 have  been  identified as an attractive alternative for the disposing of
 dredge material.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 3-a of section 15-0505  of  the  environmental
 conservation law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of
 1979  and  subdivision  3-a as added by chapter 288 of the laws of 2014,
 are amended to read as follows:
   1. No person, local public corporation or interstate  authority  shall
 excavate  or  place  fill  below the mean high water level in any of the
 navigable waters of the state, or in marshes, estuaries,  tidal  marshes
 and  wetlands that are adjacent to and contiguous at any point to any of
 the navigable waters of the state and that are inundated  at  mean  high
 water  level  or tide, without a permit issued pursuant to subdivision 3
 of this section. For the purposes of this section, fill  shall  include,
 but  shall  not  be  limited to, earth, clay, silt, sand, gravel, stone,
 rock, shale, concrete (whole  or  fragmentary),  ashes,  cinders,  slag,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A10188A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0505, En Con L; amd §3, Chap 288 of 2014
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2825

2021-A10188A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay; directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on ecological restoration needs in Jamaica Bay.

2021-A10188A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10188--A
                                                            R. R. 270
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   Pheffer Amato) -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Environ-
   mental  Conservation -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
   and Means -- reported and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --
   amended  on  the  special order of third reading, ordered reprinted as
   amended, retaining its place on the special order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   filling  of  borrow  pits  in Jamaica Bay; to amend chapter 288 of the
   laws of 2014 amending the environmental conservation law  relating  to
   the  filling  of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay, in relation to making the
   provisions of such chapter permanent; in  relation  to  directing  the
   department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on ecolog-
   ical restoration needs in Jamaica Bay; and providing for the repeal of
   certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Legislative intent. Due to the increase in vessel  size  in
 recent  years, New York State waterways such as channels, berthing areas
 and harbors are being excavated in a process known as dredging to  main-
 tain sufficient depth for safe and efficient vessel operation.
   Dredged  material  is  naturally  accumulated  sediment,  much  of the
 dredged material does  contain  some  contaminants  at  varying  concen-
 trations.
   Jamaica  Bay  was  dredged to supply soil for a number of construction
 projects. This process created borrow pits in the bay. These borrow pits
 have been identified as an attractive alternative for the  disposing  of
 dredge material.
   §  2.  Subdivisions  1 and 3-a of section 15-0505 of the environmental
 conservation law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of
 1979 and subdivision 3-a as added by chapter 288 of the  laws  of  2014,
 are amended to read as follows:
   1.  No  person, local public corporation or interstate authority shall
 excavate or place fill below the mean high water level  in  any  of  the
 navigable  waters  of the state, or in marshes, estuaries, tidal marshes
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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