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A03209 Summary:

BILL NO    A03209 

SAME AS    No same as 

SPONSOR    Pretlow

COSPNSR    Castelli, Abinanti

MLTSPNSR   

Amd S176, Nav L

Relates to the clean-up of petroleum discharges occurring during the delivery
of home heating oil to a residence; any petroleum discharges shall be
immediately cleaned up by the oil delivery company; if such spill affects soil
then clean up shall include replacing affected soil with new soil within 24
hours; provides fines for violation.

A03209 Actions:

BILL NO    A03209 

01/24/2011 referred to environmental conservation
05/24/2011 reported referred to codes
01/04/2012 referred to environmental conservation
05/08/2012 reported referred to codes

A03209 Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.

A03209 Text:

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________

                                         3209

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                   January 24, 2011
                                      ___________

       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Environmental Conservation

       AN ACT to amend the navigation  law,  in  relation  to  the  removal  of
         prohibited discharges

         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. Section 176 of the navigation law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    3    9.  ANY  DISCHARGE OF PETROLEUM OCCURRING AT A RESIDENCE IN THE COURSE
    4  OF THE DELIVERY OF HOME HEATING OIL TO SUCH  RESIDENCE  FOR  RESIDENTIAL
    5  USE  SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY CLEANED UP BY THE OIL DELIVERY COMPANY. IF THE
    6  SPILL AFFECTS SOIL THE CLEAN UP SHALL  INCLUDE  REPLACING  THE  AFFECTED
    7  SOIL  WITH  NEW SOIL, WHICH SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
    8  VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
    9  FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  ADDITIONAL
   10  OFFENSE,  NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PAYABLE BY THE OIL DELIVERY
   11  COMPANY. SUCH FINE SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY AS PROVIDED
   12  FOR IN THIS ARTICLE. NOTHING CONTAINED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
   13  INTERPRETED TO DIMINISH LIABILITY ESTABLISHED IN THIS ARTICLE.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02477-01-1