Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program and analyze such report showing trends and cumulative impact, as well as notify other relevant agencies if contamination has exceeded EPA standards for maximum amounts of contamination allowed in drinking water or food.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11029
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 23, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
directing the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the
environmental radiation surveillance program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental
conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph ii to read as
follows:
II. PROVIDE FREELY AND MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AN ANNU-
AL REPORT ON RADIOACTIVE RELEASES OR DISPOSALS, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMA-
TION GATHERED REGARDING SUCH ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO 6 NYCRR 380. IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SUCH REPORT SHALL BE ANALYZED
TO SHOW TRENDS AND THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF SUCH RADIOACTIVE RELEASES OR
DISPOSALS; PROVIDED THAT OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES SHALL BE NOTIFIED IF
CONTAMINATION HAS EXCEEDED STANDARDS FOR MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVEL PERMIT-
TED IN DRINKING WATER OR FOOD SOURCES, AS PRESCRIBED BY APPLICABLE STATE
AND FEDERAL LAW;
§ 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.
LBD04718-01-5
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