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A08767 Summary:

A08767 Actions:

A08767 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Magnarelli      
DATE:07/16/2020AYE/NAY:22/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Magnarelli
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Perry
Aye
DiPietro
Absent
Lupardo
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Miller
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Norris
Aye
Steck
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Simon
Aye
Walczyk
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Wright
Excused
Fahy
Aye
Frontus
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Darling
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:07/17/2020AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Aye
Joyner
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:07/20/2020AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Glick
Excused
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye

A08767 Floor Votes:

A08767 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8767--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 25, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. JONES, WOERNER, GOTTFRIED, OTIS, THIELE, GLICK,
          STEC, SIMON, SMULLEN, QUART,  BURKE,  ORTIZ,  JAFFEE,  WALCZYK,  RYAN,
          D'URSO,  McDONALD  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. GALEF, STECK --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommit-
          ted to the Committee on Transportation  in  accordance  with  Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to establish the Adirondack road salt reduction task force, pilot
          plan and test program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
          upon expiration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "Randy
     2  Preston road salt reduction act".
     3    § 2. 1. There is hereby established an Adirondack road salt  reduction
     4  task  force,  hereinafter  referred to as the "task force", to conduct a
     5  comprehensive review of road salt contamination and road management best
     6  practices within the Adirondack park. Such task force shall  consist  of
     7  fourteen  members which shall include the commissioner of transportation
     8  or their designee, the commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  or
     9  their designee, the commissioner of health or their designee, the execu-
    10  tive  director  of the Adirondack park agency or their designee, and ten
    11  other members to be appointed by the governor as follows: two  upon  the
    12  recommendation  of  the  temporary president of the senate, two upon the
    13  recommendation of the speaker of the assembly, one upon the  recommenda-
    14  tion  of  the minority leader of the senate, one upon the recommendation
    15  of the minority leader of the assembly, and four without  recommendation
    16  from any other person.
    17    2. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
    18  but  shall  be  reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
    19  the performance of their duties, to the extent  funds  are  appropriated
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13704-09-0
        A. 8767--A                          2
 
     1  for such purpose. The commissioner of environmental conservation and the
     2  commissioner  of  transportation shall serve as joint chairs of the task
     3  force.  A majority of the members of the task force shall  constitute  a
     4  quorum  for  the transaction of business or the exercise of any power or
     5  function of the task force.  Any vacancies on the task  force  shall  be
     6  filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.
     7    3.    The  task  force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
     8  meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution,
     9  or other government entity or person, to enable  it  to  accomplish  its
    10  duties.  To  effectuate  the  purposes  of  this act, the task force may
    11  request and shall receive from any department, division, board,  bureau,
    12  commission  or  other  agency of the state or any state public authority
    13  such assistance, information and data as will enable the task  force  to
    14  properly carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
    15    4. The task force shall undertake a review and assessment of road salt
    16  contamination  within  the Adirondack park, assess current department of
    17  transportation policies and practices  with  respect  to  state  roadway
    18  management  in  winter  weather  within the Adirondack park, and roadway
    19  management best practices.  This review and assessment shall  take  into
    20  consideration  the  best  available science concerning road salt contam-
    21  ination and the nature, scope and magnitude  of  associated  impacts  to
    22  surface  and  ground  waters,  public  and  private  lands, property and
    23  infrastructure.
    24    5. The task force shall prepare and submit to the governor, the tempo-
    25  rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chairs of
    26  the senate committees on transportation, environmental conservation  and
    27  health,  and  the  chairs  of the assembly committees on transportation,
    28  environmental conservation and health, on or before September first, two
    29  thousand twenty-one, a report containing:
    30    (a) findings of an initial assessment of the nature, scope and  magni-
    31  tude  of  associated  impacts of road salt on surface and ground waters,
    32  public and private lands, property, health  and  infrastructure  in  the
    33  Adirondack park;
    34    (b)  a review of current state road management practices and levels of
    35  service for state and local roadways in the Adirondack park;
    36    (c) recommendations for state and local  governments  and  the  public
    37  with respect to:
    38    i.  enhancement  of winter road maintenance levels of service and best
    39  management practices and road salt reduction techniques to  reduce  road
    40  salt contamination of surface and ground waters in the Adirondack park;
    41    ii.  methods  for  rapid  response  to surface and groundwater contam-
    42  ination in the Adirondack park with the intent to minimize  impacts  for
    43  homeowners;
    44    iii.  establishment  of  a training program for state and local winter
    45  road maintenance workers; and
    46    iv. advancement of a public education campaign to  inform  the  public
    47  about road salt contamination and how the public can reduce the need for
    48  road salt;
    49    (d)  a calculation of the average amount of road salt applied on state
    50  roadways annually for the years 2008 through 2018 in the Adirondack park
    51  between October and April of each winter road management season to serve
    52  as a baseline amount;
    53    (e) recommendations for a publicly accessible record-keeping  database
    54  system  for  road  salt purchases and applications within the Adirondack
    55  park;
        A. 8767--A                          3
 
     1    (f) recommendations for road salt reduction targets for the Adirondack
     2  park to guide the department of transportation,  department  of  health,
     3  and  department  of  environmental  conservation  in measurably reducing
     4  sodium and chloride levels in surface and ground waters; and
     5    (g)  recommendations  for an Adirondack park road salt reduction pilot
     6  plan and test program including monitoring and operational  plan  goals,
     7  objectives,  and  activities to be implemented pursuant to section three
     8  of this act.
     9    § 3. 1. There is hereby  established  an  Adirondack  park  road  salt
    10  reduction  pilot plan and test program to be conducted by the department
    11  of transportation, in cooperation with the department  of  environmental
    12  conservation,  between  October  15 and June 30 each year beginning 2021
    13  through 2024, to test  best  management  practices,  updated  levels  of
    14  service,  and  overall road salt reduction targets within the Adirondack
    15  park.  The pilot plan and test shall be implemented on  all  state-owned
    16  roadways within the boundary of the Adirondack park.
    17    2.  For  the  duration  of  the pilot plan and test, the department of
    18  transportation and department of environmental conservation shall test a
    19  variety of application techniques and road management strategies  within
    20  the  Adirondack  park,  and shall issue a report on the effectiveness of
    21  such techniques and strategies which shall include the resulting impacts
    22  on water quality and state roadway levels of service for each  technique
    23  and  strategy. The techniques and strategies employed shall include, but
    24  not be limited to:
    25    (a) varying application methods, rates and frequencies with the intent
    26  to measurably reduce road salt applied  to  state  roadways  within  the
    27  Adirondack  park.  This  shall  include test comparisons of applications
    28  consisting primarily of abrasives and applications consisting  primarily
    29  of deicers, especially anti-icing and deicing brines;
    30    (b)  implementation of well-established best practices such as cutting
    31  back the canopy where legal and appropriate, and  pre-wetting  abrasives
    32  or solid deicers;
    33    (c) use of the best available technology and equipment for winter road
    34  management;
    35    (d) changes to traffic management when weather events make road condi-
    36  tions hazardous;
    37    (e)  monitoring of water quality of surface and ground waters on down-
    38  hill slopes of state roadways in the Adirondack park;
    39    (f) monitoring of road conditions  along  state  roadways  within  the
    40  Adirondack park;
    41    (g) monitoring of truck operators using post-trip reporting;
    42    (h)  tracking  of weather-related crash rates on state roadways within
    43  the Adirondack park; and
    44    (i) the conducting of a public  education  and  outreach  campaign  to
    45  inform  Adirondack park residents and visitors of changes to winter road
    46  maintenance practices and engaging the public in changing  behaviors  to
    47  support road salt reduction efforts.
    48    3. Following the completion of the pilot plan and test, the department
    49  of  transportation  and  department  of environmental conservation shall
    50  submit a summary report to the  governor,  temporary  president  of  the
    51  senate,  and  speaker of the assembly by August 30, 2024, of the results
    52  of such pilot plan and test, including the identification  of  effective
    53  and  ineffective  techniques  for  winter  road  maintenance and revised
    54  levels of service in the Adirondack park.
    55    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    56  deemed repealed December 31, 2024.