STATE OF NEW YORK
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4560
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 17, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to notice of crude oil
shipments to major facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The navigation law is amended by adding a new section 174-c
2 to read as follows:
3 § 174-c. Notice of crude oil shipments to major facilities. 1. A major
4 facility that receives crude oil from a railroad car must provide
5 advance notice to the commissioner as provided in this section. The
6 advance notice must, at a minimum, include the route to be taken to the
7 facility within the state, if known, and the scheduled time, location,
8 volume, region per bill of lading, and gravity as measured by standards
9 developed by the American petroleum institute, of crude oil received.
10 Each week, a facility that provides advance notice under this section
11 must provide the required information regarding the scheduled arrival of
12 railroad cars carrying crude oil to be received by the facility in the
13 succeeding seven-day period in a manner specified by the department. A
14 major facility is not required to provide advance notice when there is
15 no receipt of crude oil from a railroad car scheduled for a seven-day
16 period.
17 2. The commissioner shall share information provided by a major facil-
18 ity with the state emergency management office and shall provide infor-
19 mation to any municipal emergency response agency upon request.
20 3. The commissioner must post information collected under this section
21 on a quarterly basis on the department's internet web site provided that
22 the information published by the commissioner may be aggregated on a
23 statewide basis by route through the state, by week, and by type of
24 crude oil. The report may also include other information available to
25 the department including, but not limited to, place of origin, modes of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 transport, number of railroad cars delivering crude oil, and number and
2 volume of spills during transport and delivery.
3 4. A facility providing advance notice under this section is not
4 responsible for meeting advance notice timeframe requirements under
5 subdivision one of this section in the event that the schedule of
6 arrivals of railroad cars carrying crude oil changes during a seven-day
7 period; provided, however that any such arrivals must be included in the
8 following week's notice.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
10 have become a law.
