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                                   3018
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 and  the  administra-
   tive  code  of  the  city  of  New York, in relation to establishing a
   computerized database containing information relating to  the  storage
   and  handling  of  hazardous substances and emergency responses to the
   release of hazardous substances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3-0301  of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A COMPUTERIZED DATA SYSTEM WHICH
 SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  THE  STORAGE  AND  HANDLING  OF
 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSES TO THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS
 SUBSTANCES  BY  ANY AGENCY OR RESPONSIBLE PERSON. THIS SYSTEM SHALL HAVE
 ACCESS TO INFORMATION STORED ON OTHER COMPUTERIZED  DATA  SYSTEMS  MAIN-
 TAINED  BY  AGENCIES,  WHICH INFORMATION SHALL COLLECTIVELY INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) THE DATE AND TIME OF ALL NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER AND ALL RELEVANT RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH NOTIFICATIONS;
   (2) THE DATE AND TIME OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE POLICE AND FIRE
 DEPARTMENTS, THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF  TRANSPOR-
 TATION AND ANY OTHER AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSPORT AND RELEASE OF
 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH NOTIFICATION;
   (3)  THE  DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF ALL RESPONSE MEASURES, UNDERTAKEN
 OR ORDERED TO BE UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, A  DESCRIPTION  OF
 SUCH  RESPONSE  MEASURES, THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE OR SUBSTANCES RELEASED
 AND THE QUANTITY OF EACH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASED;
   (4) THE LOCATION OF ALL PIPELINES WITHIN THE CITY WHICH  TRANSPORT  OR
 ARE  INTENDED  TO  TRANSPORT  ANY  HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, PETROLEUM OR ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 PETROLEUM PRODUCT AND FOR EACH SUCH PIPELINE THE LOCATION OF EVERY VALVE
 OR OTHER CONTROL DEVICE WHICH MAY BE USED TO INTERRUPT THE TRANSPORT  OF
 SUCH MATERIAL AND THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF SUCH PIPELINE;
   (5)  THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY
 OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (6) THE INVENTORY DATABASE COMPILED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE FORTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   B.  ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON-LINE IN READ-ONLY FORM TO PERSONNEL FROM  ANY
 AGENCY,  MEMBERS  OF  THE LEGISLATURE AND LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND SHALL BE
 MADE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
   § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 24-613 to read as follows:
   § 24-613 COMPUTERIZED  DATABASE.  A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A
 COMPUTERIZED DATA SYSTEM WHICH SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO THE
 STORAGE AND HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSES  TO
 THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES BY ANY AGENCY OR RESPONSIBLE PERSON.
 THIS  SYSTEM  SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION STORED ON OTHER COMPUTER-
 IZED DATA  SYSTEMS  MAINTAINED  BY  AGENCIES,  WHICH  INFORMATION  SHALL
 COLLECTIVELY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) THE DATE AND TIME OF ALL NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER AND ALL RELEVANT RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH NOTIFICATIONS;
   (2) THE DATE AND TIME OF NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE POLICE AND FIRE
 DEPARTMENTS,  THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR-
 TATION AND ANY OTHER AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSPORT AND RELEASE OF
 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SUCH NOTIFICATION;
   (3) THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF ALL RESPONSE  MEASURES,  UNDERTAKEN
 OR  ORDERED  TO BE UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, A DESCRIPTION OF
 SUCH RESPONSE MEASURES, THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE OR  SUBSTANCES  RELEASED
 AND THE QUANTITY OF EACH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASED;
   (4)  THE  LOCATION OF ALL PIPELINES WITHIN THE CITY WHICH TRANSPORT OR
 ARE INTENDED TO TRANSPORT ANY  HAZARDOUS  SUBSTANCE,  PETROLEUM  OR  ANY
 PETROLEUM PRODUCT AND FOR EACH SUCH PIPELINE THE LOCATION OF EVERY VALVE
 OR  OTHER CONTROL DEVICE WHICH MAY BE USED TO INTERRUPT THE TRANSPORT OF
 SUCH MATERIAL AND THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF SUCH PIPELINE;
   (5) THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-706
 OF THIS TITLE; AND
   (6) THE CITYWIDE FACILITY INVENTORY DATABASE COMPILED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-707 OF THIS TITLE.
   B.  ALL  OF  THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON-LINE IN READ-ONLY FORM TO PERSONNEL FROM  ANY
 AGENCY,  MEMBERS  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  COUNCIL STAFF AND SHALL BE MADE
 AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
   § 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.