Provides that the department of environmental conservation place a community air monitoring system and similar systems as deemed necessary by the department within a one-mile radius of New York city airports; provides for publication of air quality data.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5543--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HOOKS, CUNNINGHAM, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, TAPIA, TAYLOR,
BRAUNSTEIN, ZACCARO, HYNDMAN, FALL, KASSAY, MITAYNES -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring the department of environmental conservation to place a
community air monitoring system and similar systems as necessary with-
in a one-mile radius of all airports located within a city having a
population of one million or more
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 19-0322 to read as follows:
3 § 19-0322. Air quality monitoring systems required within a one-mile
4 radius of all airports within a city having a population of
5 one million or more.
6 1. The department shall place and operate a community air monitoring
7 system as defined in section 75-0115 of this chapter, and any other air
8 quality or photochemical assessment monitoring equipment deemed neces-
9 sary to monitor toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants with-
10 in a one-mile radius of all airports in cities having a population of
11 one million or more. The department shall timely publish the air quali-
12 ty data produced by such systems on its website as it becomes available.
13 2. The commissioner or commissioner's representative shall period-
14 ically meet with local community organizations and elected officials
15 representing the area in which an airport monitored pursuant to this
16 section is located, to inform them of the results of the air quality
17 monitoring.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
19 the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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