Requires a reduction in sulfur emissions by 2012 for all heating oil used in the state and allows the governor to suspend such reduction if there is not an adequate supply of the required fuel.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10108
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring a reduction in sulfur for all heating oil used in the state
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 19-0325 to read as follows:
3 § 19-0325. Sulfur reduction requirements.
4 (1) On or after July first, two thousand twelve, all number two heat-
5 ing oil sold for use in residential, commercial, or industrial heating
6 within the state shall not have a sulfur content greater than fifteen
7 parts per million.
8 (2) The governor may, by issuing an executive order, temporarily
9 suspend the applicability of this section at any time based on the
10 governor's determination, after consulting with the New York energy
11 research and development authority, that meeting the requirement of
12 subdivision one of this section is not feasible due to lack of adequate
13 supply of the required fuel.
14 § 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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