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Assembly Bill A7834

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to watershed mitigation

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2025-A7834 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6488
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §24-0707, En Con L

2025-A7834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that when approving proposals to enhance the existing benefits provided by a wetland or to create and maintain new wetland benefits in order to increase the likelihood that a proposed activity will meet the applicable standard for permit issuance, the mitigation may occur within the same watershed as the proposed project.

2025-A7834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7834
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   watershed mitigation
 
   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 24-0707 to read as follows:
 § 24-0707. MITIGATION OF IMPACTS.
   WHEN APPROVING PROPOSALS TO ENHANCE THE EXISTING BENEFITS PROVIDED  BY
 A  WETLAND  OR  TO  CREATE AND MAINTAIN NEW WETLAND BENEFITS IN ORDER TO
 INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A PROPOSED ACTIVITY WILL MEET THE  APPLICA-
 BLE  STANDARD  FOR  PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE MITIGATION MAY OCCUR WITHIN THE
 SAME WATERSHED AS THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10935-01-5

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