S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1037
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 7, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to direct the department of environmental conservation to adopt
rules and regulations requiring permittees to place air monitoring
equipment near permitted waste transfer stations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. No later than January 1, 2023, the department of environ-
mental conservation shall adopt rules and regulations requiring permit-
tees to conduct continuous air monitoring to measure data for sulfur
dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, meteorological data, PM 1.0
and PM 2.5. Such regulations shall also require that for each pollutant
monitors utilized are designated as federal reference methods or federal
equivalent methods, as applicable, in accordance with 40 CFR Part 53;
are continuously-recording types, if available; and that the number and
locations of monitors shall be adequate to detect pollution concen-
tration gradients of emissions from operation of the facility that
affect publicly accessible areas near the facility.
The number and locations of monitors shall be adequate to detect
pollution concentration gradients of emissions from operation of the
waste transfer stations that affect nearby publicly accessible areas.
Resulting air quality data shall be required to be made available to
the department of environmental conservation and the public and posted
on the department's website.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05660-01-1