A07834 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07834 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S06488 |
| SPONSOR | McDonald |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §24-0707, En Con L | |
| Provides that when approving proposals to enhance the existing benefits provided by a wetland or to create and maintain new wetland benefits in order to increase the likelihood that a proposed activity will meet the applicable standard for permit issuance, the mitigation may occur within the same watershed as the proposed project. | |
A07834 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7834 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to watershed mitigation 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 24-0707 to read as follows: 3 § 24-0707. Mitigation of impacts. 4 When approving proposals to enhance the existing benefits provided by 5 a wetland or to create and maintain new wetland benefits in order to 6 increase the likelihood that a proposed activity will meet the applica- 7 ble standard for permit issuance, the mitigation may occur within the 8 same watershed as the proposed project. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10935-01-5