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Assembly Bill A666

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall place and operate certain air quality monitoring systems in proximity to N.Y. city airports

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2023-A666 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0322, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4517
2011-2012: A5358
2013-2014: A2895
2015-2016: A3285
2017-2018: A4486
2019-2020: A4057
2021-2022: A2026
2025-2026: A5543

2023-A666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall place and operate certain air quality monitoring systems in proximity to NY city airports.

2023-A666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    666
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation to place
   certain air quality monitoring systems within a one-mile radius of all
   airports located within a city having a population of one  million  or
   more
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 19-0322 to read as follows:
 §  19-0322.  AIR  QUALITY  MONITORING SYSTEMS REQUIRED WITHIN A ONE-MILE
              RADIUS OF ALL AIRPORTS WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF
              ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE AND OPERATE  AN  AMBIENT  AIR  QUALITY
 MONITOR  NETWORK  WITHIN  A  ONE-MILE  RADIUS  OF ALL AIRPORTS IN CITIES
 HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. THE  NETWORK  SHALL  CONTIN-
 UOUSLY  MEASURE  DATA  FOR  OZONE,  SULFUR  DIOXIDE, OXIDES OF NITROGEN,
 CARBON DIOXIDE, METEOROLOGICAL DATA, PM 1.0  AND  PM  2.5.  THE  NETWORK
 SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM EMPLOYED TO POLL
 THE  SITES  TO  RETRIEVE READINGS INTO A CENTRAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
 THE DATA SHALL UNDERGO VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION BY A SUPERVISING SITE
 ENGINEER WHICH SHALL FOLLOW ESTABLISHED QUALITY  ASSURANCE  AND  QUALITY
 CONTROL PROCEDURES.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE AND OPERATE A PHOTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT
 MONITORING  STATION  AND A NATIONAL AMBIENT TOXIC TREND STATION WITHIN A
 ONE-MILE RADIUS OF ALL AIRPORTS LOCATED WITHIN A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE. SUCH STATIONS SHALL MONITOR VOLATILE
 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS OZONE PRECURSORS DURING THE SUMMER OZONE SEASON FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF  AMBIENT  AIR  AND  DEVELOPING
 PROGRAMS TO TARGET APPROPRIATE SOURCE CATEGORIES FOR EMISSION REDUCTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01602-01-3

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