NY State Senate Bill S2022

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 23, 2023	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.311 substituted for s2022
May 23, 2023	substituted by a4928
Feb 13, 2023	advanced to third reading
Feb 08, 2023	2nd report cal.
Feb 07, 2023	1st report cal.311
Jan 18, 2023	referred to environmental conservation

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May 23, 2023 - floor Vote

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Feb 7, 2023 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

S2022

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S2022 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4928
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §27-0712, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6098
2017-2018: S3676
2019-2020: S2490
2021-2022: S4203

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires putrescible and non-putrescible waste to be covered by a hard tarp when transported by rail.

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S2022

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
covering putrescible and non-putrescible waste transported by rail

 
PURPOSE:

This bill is designed to ensure that waste that is transferred by rail
in New York State is properly contained in a manner not inconsistent
with Federal Railroad Administration regulations in order to prevent
leakage and spillage along the tracks.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends subdivision 2 of section 27-0712 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1989.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As the trucking of garbage continues to be phased out and replaced by
waste transport via rail, there is a crucial need to protect the resi-
dential communities adjacent to the tracks. Often, waste is either
completely or partially uncovered, emits odors, and leaks or spills on
the tracks. This poses not only a health concern for residents, but has
larger environmental consequences as well.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has the
ability to permit and regulate waste transfer stations in the state of
New York. Requiring waste cars to be covered before exiting the transfer
station will alleviate the odor and leaking problems as the trains
continue down the lines to their destination. This bill requires that
rail cars hauling putrescible waste be sealed with hard lids, and that
rail cars hauling non-putrescible waste be covered with hard tarping
before exiting a waste transfer station. Only those rail cars hauling
putrescible waste and emitting odors shall be sealed with hard lids.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019:S.2490 - Passed Senate.

2020:S.2490 - Passed Senate.

2021:S.4203 - Referred to Environmental Conservation.

2022: S. 4203 - Passed Senate.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2022
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, COMRIE, LIU, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA -- 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
   covering putrescible and non-putrescible waste transported by rail

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  27-0712 of the environmental
 conservation law, as added by chapter  402  of  the  laws  of  1989,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. A municipality or any individual, firm or corporation acting on its
 behalf  or  any other individual, firm or corporation shall not cause or
 permit any solid waste to be transported on any vehicle, barge, ship, or
 scow unless the solid waste on the vehicle,  barge,  ship,  or  scow  is
 covered  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT PUTRESCIBLE WASTE TRANSPORTED BY RAIL
 SHALL BE COVERED WITH SEALING HARD LIDS IN  A  MANNER  NOT  INCONSISTENT
 WITH  FEDERAL  RAILROAD  ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS, AND NON-PUTRESCIBLE
 WASTE SHIPPED BY RAIL  SHALL  BE  COVERED  WITH  HARD  TARPING  SECURELY
 FASTENED OVER THE LOAD, WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE SIDE OF
 THE  RAIL  CONTAINER, IN A MANNER NOT INCONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL RAILROAD
 ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04339-01-3

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May 23, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 23, 2023

Feb 7, 2023 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2023

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S2022 (ACTIVE) - Details

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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May 23, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 23, 2023

Feb 7, 2023 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2023

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S2022 (ACTIVE) - Details

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2022 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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