Directs the department of environmental conservation, with the assistance of the department of transportation, to conduct a study on the environmental and human health impacts of John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8283
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 6, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to direct the department of environmental conservation, with the
assistance of the department of transportation, to conduct a study on
the environmental and human health impacts of John F. Kennedy interna-
tional airport and LaGuardia airport
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The department of environmental conservation, with the
2 assistance of the department of transportation, shall conduct a study
3 describing the environmental, noise, and human health impacts caused by
4 runways, including new runways, and air traffic at John F. Kennedy
5 international airport and LaGuardia airport. In conducting this study,
6 the department, with the assistance of the department of transportation,
7 shall monitor actual noise levels experienced in 2018 and 2019 and shall
8 pay particular attention to the impact of air pollution, noise
9 pollution, the emission of gases and fluids by aircraft, and similar
10 factors on the quality of life, health, and property values of persons
11 who live adjacent to flight paths used by aircraft at John F. Kennedy
12 international airport and LaGuardia airport. The department shall deliv-
13 er a written report of its findings to the governor and the legislature
14 on or before October 31, 2019.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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