A03237 Summary:

BILL NOA03237
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01805
 
SPONSORLupardo
 
COSPNSREnglebright
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S121-b, Pub Serv L
 
Relates to the description of fuel gas transmission lines.
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A03237 Actions:

BILL NOA03237
 
01/22/2015referred to energy
02/10/2015reported referred to ways and means
05/27/2015reported
05/29/2015advanced to third reading cal.482
06/01/2015passed assembly
06/01/2015delivered to senate
06/01/2015REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
01/06/2016DIED IN SENATE
01/06/2016RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
01/06/2016ordered to third reading cal.145
03/01/2016passed assembly
03/01/2016delivered to senate
03/01/2016REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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A03237 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3237
 
SPONSOR: Lupardo (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring certain information to be filed with department of public service   PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to ensure fuel gas transmission lines of all pressures are regulated, inspected, and mapped by the Public Service Commission.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 120 of the public service law to change the description of fuel gas transmission line to include tran- smission lines of any pressure used to transport fuel gas. Section 2 establishes an effective date of thirty days after the act shall have become law; and directs the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of the act on or before such effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: In light of the push to develop the Marcellus and other shales, many landowners, farmers, environmental advocates, and others have expressed concerns over the lack of oversight of fuel gas transmissions lines. Currently, low pressure transmission lines (lines with pressures of 124 pounds per square inch (psi) or less) are not regulated, inspected, or mapped in any systematic way. This bill provides regulators with up to date information on the development of infrastructure related to fuel gas transmissions.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A7589b - 2011-12 A3674 - 2013-14   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect 180 days after enactment.
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A03237 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3237
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Energy
 
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring certain
          information to be filed with department of public service
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  121-b to read as follows:
     3    §  121-b. Filing of certain information.  1. All persons who intend to
     4  construct a gas gathering line or a pipeline facility, shall  file  with
     5  the  department  spatial  mapping  data,  including  but  not limited to
     6  geographic information system  data,  detailing  the  location  of  such
     7  proposed gathering line or pipeline facility.
     8    2.  The  department,  in  consultation with the department of environ-
     9  mental conservation, shall establish and  maintain  a  computer  mapping
    10  system for plotting the location of gathering lines and pipeline facili-
    11  ties.    Such  maps shall overlay locations subject to the provisions of
    12  article twenty-three of the environmental conservation law.
    13    3.  For purposes of this section, the following terms shall  have  the
    14  following meanings:
    15    (a)  "Gathering  line"  means  a  pipeline  that transports gas from a
    16  current production facility to a transmission line, main, or directly to
    17  an end user.
    18    (b) "Pipeline facility" means new and  existing  pipeline,  rights-of-
    19  way,  and  any  related  equipment,  facility,  or building, used in the
    20  transportation of gas, or in the treatment of gas during the  course  of
    21  transportation,  in connection with the production, gathering, treatment
    22  or processing of such gas, but does not include  any:  (i)  transmission
    23  and distribution system operated by a local distribution company subject
    24  to  the  jurisdiction of the commission for purposes of providing retail
    25  utility service; or (ii) transmission pipeline constructed by a  natural
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06329-01-5

        A. 3237                             2
 
     1  gas  company  under  the  authority  of  the federal Natural Gas Act (15
     2  U.S.C.A. Section 717 et seq.).  The department shall have the option  to
     3  incorporate any additional information regarding pipeline facilities.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     5  it  shall have become a law, provided however, that effective immediate-
     6  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
     7  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
     8  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
     9  effective date.
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