A00730 Summary:

BILL NOA00730
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORLentol
 
COSPNSROtis
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S174, Nav L
 
Requires the department of environmental conservation to require, as a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a major facility license, the submission of satisfactory evidence that the applicant has implemented, or is in the process of implementing, state and federal plans and regulations for the prompt detection of petroleum discharges; requires applicants for a major facility license to submit information, in form satisfactory to the commissioner, describing the equipment used at the facility to promptly detect petroleum discharges; requires major facilities to install equipment to promptly detect discharges of petroleum from a tank and any connected petroleum pipelines within one year of effective date; defines "prompt detection".
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A00730 Actions:

BILL NOA00730
 
01/07/2015referred to environmental conservation
01/06/2016referred to environmental conservation
05/24/2016reported
05/26/2016advanced to third reading cal.736
06/01/2016passed assembly
06/01/2016delivered to senate
06/01/2016REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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A00730 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A730
 
SPONSOR: Lentol
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to the detection of petroleum discharges   PROVISIONS: As a condition to the issuance or renewal of a license, the Department of Environmental Conservation shall require satisfactory evidence that the applicant has implemented or is in the process of implementing state and federal plans and regulations for the prompt detection of the accidental discharge of petroleum. Within one year of the date of this bill, major facilities must install equipment to promptly detect discharges of petroleum from a tank and any connected pipelines that routinely contain petroleum.   PURPOSE: It is the purpose of this bill, to ensure a clean environment and a healthy economy for the state by allowing the early discovery of discharges of petroleum which may result in damages to lands, waters or natural resources of the state by authorizing the Department of Environ- mental Conservation to respond quickly to discharges giving first prior- ity to minimizing environmental damage, and by providing for liability for damage sustained within the state as a result of such discharges. Present law refers only to the early detection of leaks and does not refer explicitly to the prompt detection of sudden discharges.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: There will be no cost to the State of New York.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.2668/S.1689 of 1991-1992 A.2278/S.1259 of 1993-94 A.789/S.589of 1995-96 A.14/S.196 of 1997-98 A.260/S.578 of 1999-00 A.589/S2685 of 2001-02 A.218 of 2003-04 A.904 of 2005-06 A.1622 of 2007-08 A.3837/S.8473 of 2009-10 A.558 of 2011-12 A.1352 2013-14   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A00730 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           730
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  navigation law, in relation to the detection of
          petroleum discharges
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 174 of the navigation law, as
     2  amended by chapter 35 of the  laws  of  1985,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3.  As a condition precedent to the issuance or [renewel] renewal of a
     5  license, the department  of  environmental  conservation  shall  require
     6  satisfactory  evidence  that  the applicant has implemented or is in the
     7  process of implementing state and  federal  plans  and  regulations  for
     8  control  and  prompt  detection  of  discharges  of  petroleum,  and the
     9  containment and removal thereof when a discharge occurs.
    10    § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 174 of the navigation law is amended  by
    11  adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
    12    (e)  The  equipment used at the facility to promptly detect discharges
    13  of petroleum.
    14    § 3. Section 174 of the navigation law is amended by  adding  two  new
    15  subdivisions 12 and 13 to read as follows:
    16    12.  Within  one year of the effective date of this subdivision, major
    17  facilities must install  equipment  to  promptly  detect  discharges  of
    18  petroleum from a tank and any connected pipelines that routinely contain
    19  petroleum.
    20    13.  As  used  in  this section, the term "prompt detection" means the
    21  detection  of  a  discharge  within  twenty-four  hours,  or  sooner  as
    22  prescribed  by  the  department  of environmental conservation, from the
    23  onset of such discharge.
    24    § 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01823-01-5
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