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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7909 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 18, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to permits for public supply wells accessing a sole source aquifer in counties with two million or more residents The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 15-1527 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. a. In any county with two million or more residents the department 4 shall require a new permit application, rather than an application for a 5 permit renewal for a public supply well that accesses a sole source 6 aquifer. Before any permit for a public supply well that accesses a sole 7 source aquifer in a county with two million or more residents is issued 8 the department shall conduct a tracking analysis and develop a suscepti- 9 bility screening tool for all known contaminants and emerging contam- 10 inants. The department shall not issue any permit for public supply 11 wells in a county with two million or more residents accessing a sole 12 source aquifer until completion of phase one of the comprehensive Long 13 Island groundwater study. 14 b. In the event of an emergency that threatens human health and safety 15 the department may issue a temporary emergency permit for a public 16 supply well accessing a sole source aquifer in a county with two million 17 or more residents. The department shall act on the emergency permit 18 request within seventy-two hours. Temporary emergency permits shall be 19 valid for six months and only two such permits may be issued before a 20 state environmental quality review must be completed pursuant to article 21 eight of this chapter and its implementing regulations. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 23 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule 24 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec- 25 tive date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or 26 before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11311-03-7