S06789 Summary:

BILL NOS06789
 
SAME ASSAME AS A02960
 
SPONSORPALUMBO
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 23-2713, En Con L
 
Provides for a minimum 10 foot buffer from the water table for all mining plans for mining on Long Island.
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S06789 Actions:

BILL NOS06789
 
05/10/2023REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
01/03/2024REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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S06789 Committee Votes:

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S06789 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S06789 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6789
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 10, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          certain mined land-use plans
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  23-2713  of  the
     2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 166 of the laws of
     3  1991, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) The mining plan shall consist of a written and graphic description
     5  of  the  proposed mining operation, including the boundaries of the land
     6  controlled by the applicant, the outline of potential  affected  acreage
     7  and  the general sequence of areas to be mined through successive permit
     8  terms. The graphic description shall include the location  of  the  mine
     9  and  shall identify the land affected by mining after April first, nine-
    10  teen hundred seventy-five, including but not limited to areas  of  exca-
    11  vation;  areas  of overburden, tailings, and spoil; areas of topsoil and
    12  mineral stock piles; processing plant areas; haulageways;  shipping  and
    13  storage  areas;  drainage  features  and water impoundments. The written
    14  description of the plan shall include the applicant's mining method  and
    15  measures to be taken to minimize adverse environmental impacts resulting
    16  from  the  mining  operation.  Within  counties with a population of one
    17  million or more which draw their primary source of drinking water for  a
    18  majority  of  county residents from a designated sole source aquifer, no
    19  mining plan shall be approved or renewed unless such plan provides for a
    20  minimum buffer of undisturbed ground at least ten feet from the existing
    21  water table at the mine site.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05686-01-3
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