Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 13, 2022 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A10346
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PHEFFER AMATO
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
2021-A10346 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A10346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10346 I N A S S E M B L Y May 13, 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 prohibiting the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay; and to repeal subdivision 3-a of section 15-0505 of the environmental conservation law relating to the granting of permits for the filling of Jamaica Bay borrow pits 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. Over the years local stakeholders, environmentalists and the fishing community have noted that while the borrow pits were man-made and a byproduct of former construction/dredging projects, they have contrib- uted immensely to the health of the water quality of Jamaica Bay. It is currently recognized that we have the cleanest water quality in over one hundred years, tremendous fish populations and even the return of large marine mammals such as seals, dolphins and even the occasional whale. These groups identify the dredged areas of the bay referred to as borrow pits as one of the key reasons for this abundant marine life. In addi- tion to hosting massive schools of fish, these deep borrow pits act as "heat sinks" working to absorb temperatures and helping to keep the water temperatures of the bay from spiking to harmful levels. The fill- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15654-02-2
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