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S05564 Summary:

BILL NO	S05564
SAME AS	SAME AS A04691
SPONSOR	KAMINSKY
COSPNSR	PALUMBO
MLTSPNSR
Implements a moratorium on mining within certain special groundwater protection areas where either the department of environmental conservation or a county health department has issued a written determination to the owner or operator of the mine that operation of the mine has caused or is contributing to one or more exceedances of state or federal maximum contaminant level applicable to drinking water or groundwater resources.

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S05564 Actions:

BILL NO	S05564
03/11/2021	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
01/05/2022	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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S05564 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5564
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 11, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT in relation to implementing a moratorium on mining within certain
          special groundwater protection areas where either  the  department  of
          environmental  conservation or a county health department has issued a
          written determination to the owner or operator of the mine that opera-
          tion of the mine has caused or is contributing to one or  more  excee-
          dances  of  state  or  federal maximum contaminant level applicable to
          drinking water or groundwater resources; and providing for the  repeal
          of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. No person shall operate a mine within a special groundwater
     2  protection area, designated pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 55-0113
     3  of the environmental conservation law, and permitted by  the  department
     4  of  environmental  conservation, where either the department of environ-
     5  mental conservation or a county health department has issued  a  written
     6  determination to the owner or operator of the mine that operation of the
     7  mine  has  caused or is contributing to one or more exceedances of state
     8  or federal maximum contaminant level applicable  to  drinking  water  or
     9  groundwater  resources.  Cessation  of  mining operations as required by
    10  this section shall commence within 24 hours of receipt by the mine owner
    11  or operator of such written determination.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    13  deemed repealed 3 years after such date.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07201-01-1

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