Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 29, 2021 |
approval memo.156 signed chap.807 |
Dec 17, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1744 substituted for s5022 |
Jun 08, 2021 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.550 rules report cal.550 reported reported referred to rules |
May 20, 2021 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 04, 2021 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A4637
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
Charles Lavine
Judy Griffin
William Colton
2021-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Limits the exceptions to certain effluent limitations in Nassau and Suffolk counties and requires certain eligible projects for state aid involving water pollution control revolving fund agreements to take county-wide or regional wastewater planning into consideration when determining eligibility; requires best available technology to be used to reduce nitrogen pollution.
2021-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4637 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to limiting the exceptions to certain effluent limitations in Nassau and Suffolk counties and requiring certain eligible projects for state aid involving water pollution control revolving fund agreements to take county-wide or regional wastewater planning into consideration when determining eligibility THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 17-0809 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 360 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, when effluent limitations are established they must be at least as stringent as the effluent limitations previously required unless the commissioner deter- mines, through regulation, that an exception is warranted as provided in section 303(d) and 402(o) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. sections 1313(d) and 1342(o)) as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO SUCH EXCEPTIONS MAY BE DETERMINED TO BE WARRANTED IN SPECIAL GROUNDWATER PROTECTION AREAS DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR IN NASSAU OR SUFFOLK COUNTIES WHERE SUCH DISCHARGES WILL IMPACT MARINE WATERS WITHIN TEN YEARS OR LESS. IN SUCH AREAS, THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE APPLIED WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON REDUCING NITROGEN POLLUTION. § 2. Item (e) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 17-1909 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: (e) conforms with applicable rules and regulations of the department, including a demonstration that design and construction consider future physical climate risk due to sea level rise, and/or storm surges and/or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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