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Assembly Bill A8086

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Regulates the mining and reclamation of mines within counties with a population of one million or more which draw their primary source of drinking water from a designated sole aquifer

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2021-A8086 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§23-2703 & 23-2711, En Con L

2021-A8086 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no agency of this state shall consider an application for a permit to mine for a new mining site as complete within counties with a population of one million or more which draw their primary source of drinking water from a designated sole aquifer; provides that in the case of existing mining sites which are legally non-conforming pursuant to local zoning laws or ordinances, located within a special groundwater protection area and within counties with a population of one million or more which draw their primary source of drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer, no application for a permit to mine shall be considered as complete or processed by the department, unless the local government makes a determination that such application would not adversely impact water quality or public health; makes related provisions.

2021-A8086 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8086
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   regulation of mining and the reclamation of mines within counties with
   a population of one million or more which draw their primary source of
   drinking water for a majority of county residents from  a   designated
   sole source aquifer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section   23-2703  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 298 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended and two new subdivisions 4 and 5 are added to read as follows:
   3. No agency of this state shall consider an application for a  permit
 to  mine  FOR  A NEW MINING SITE as complete or process such application
 for a permit to mine pursuant to this  title,  within  counties  with  a
 population  of  one  million  or more which draw their primary source of
 drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole
 source aquifer, if local zoning laws or ordinances prohibit mining  uses
 within  the  area  proposed to be mined.  IN ADDITION, NO AGENCY OF THIS
 STATE SHALL CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A  PERMIT  TO  MINE  FOR  A  NEW
 MINING SITE AS COMPLETE OR PROCESS SUCH APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO MINE
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  TITLE, UNLESS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ALSO MAKE A
 DETERMINATION THAT SUCH APPLICATION WOULD  NOT  ADVERSELY  IMPACT  WATER
 QUALITY  OR  PUBLIC HEALTH. SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE
 LOCAL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEFORE MAKING A DETERMINATION.
   4. IN THE CASE OF EXISTING MINING SITES WHICH ARE LEGALLY NON-CONFORM-
 ING PURSUANT TO LOCAL ZONING LAWS OR ORDINANCES, (A)  LOCATED  WITHIN  A
 SPECIAL  GROUNDWATER PROTECTION AREA, DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF SECTION 55-0113 OF  THIS CHAPTER AND (B) WITHIN COUNTIES  WITH  A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE WHICH DRAW THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF
 DRINKING WATER FOR A MAJORITY OF  COUNTY  RESIDENTS  FROM  A  DESIGNATED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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