Senate Bill S1977

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1977
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   including  comprehensive climate change risk analysis as part of every
   environmental assessment statement and requiring updates to rules  and
   regulations regarding the state environmental quality review
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (i), (i) and (j) of  subdivision  2  of  section
 8-0109  of the environmental conservation law, paragraph (i) as added by
 chapter 182 of the laws of 1990, paragraph (i) as amended by chapter 238
 of the laws of 1991 and paragraph (j) as amended by chapter 219  of  the
 laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
   (i)  effects of proposed action on solid waste management where appli-
 cable and significant; [and
   (i)] (J) effects of any proposed action on, and its consistency  with,
 the  comprehensive management plan of the special groundwater protection
 area program, as implemented by the  commissioner  pursuant  to  article
 fifty-five of this chapter; [and
   (j)]  (K)  MEASUREMENT  AND  ANALYSIS OF ALL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SURFACE AIR  TEMPERATURE  CHANGES,  ATMO-
 SPHERIC  CHEMISTRY  CHANGES, EXTREME PRECIPITATION CHANGES, DROUGHT RISK
 CHANGES, SEA LEVEL CHANGES, SUCH MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS SHALL BE  DONE
 FOR EVERY ASPECT OF AN ACTION;
   (L)  THE  CARBON  FOOTPRINT PER PERSON PER BUILDING BLOCK PRIOR TO THE
 PROPOSED ACTION AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF A REASONABLE WORST CASE  DEVEL-
 OPMENT SCENARIO FOR SUCH PROPOSED ACTION, AS APPLICABLE;
   (M) A REASONABLE WORST CASE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED
 YEARS  FOR  ASSESSING POTENTIAL FLOODING RISKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
 FOR THE LIFE OF ANY NEW BUILDING WHICH IS PART OF A PROPOSED ACTION; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (N) such other information consistent with the purposes of this  arti-
 cle as may be prescribed in guidelines issued by the commissioner pursu-
 ant to section 8-0113 of this [chapter] ARTICLE.
   §  2.  Section 8-0113 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UPDATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED  TO
 THE  STATE  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  REVIEW  NO LESS THAN ONCE EVERY FIVE
 YEARS TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES OR UPDATES IN ANY  REPORTS  ISSUED  BY  THE
 INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NEW YORK CITY PANEL ON
 CLIMATE CHANGE.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.