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Assembly Bill A8542

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the disclosure of insurance information on permit applications for the construction of pipelines upon any freshwater wetlands

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2021-A8542 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7419
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3946, S3365

2021-A8542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the disclosure of insurance information, including the name of the insurance company, the amount of coverage and what is covered under their plan, on permit applications for the construction of pipelines upon any freshwater wetlands.

2021-A8542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8542
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the  disclosure of insurance information on permit applica-
   tions for the construction of pipelines upon any freshwater wetlands

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  24-0703 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by chapter 233 of  the  laws  of  1979,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  Any  person  proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted a regu-
 lated activity upon any freshwater wetland shall file an application for
 a permit with the clerk of the local government having  jurisdiction  or
 the  department,  as the case may be. Review of the application shall be
 made by the local government or the commissioner, as the case may be, in
 accordance with applicable law  and  such  rules  hereunder  as  may  be
 adopted  by  the commissioner. Such application shall include a detailed
 description of the proposed activity and  a  map  showing  the  area  of
 freshwater  wetland directly affected, with the location of the proposed
 activity thereon.  FOR ANY PERSON PROPOSING TO CONDUCT OR  CAUSE  TO  BE
 CONDUCTED  A REGULATED ACTIVITY INVOLVING THE USE OF A PIPELINE UPON ANY
 FRESHWATER WETLAND, SUCH APPLICATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE NAME OF  THE
 INSURANCE  COMPANY COVERING SUCH PROPOSED ACTIVITY, THE AMOUNT OF COVER-
 AGE AND WHAT IS COVERED UNDER THE PLAN. The clerk or commissioner  shall
 cause  notice  of such application to be mailed to all local governments
 where the proposed activity or any part of it is located.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10928-01-1

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