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S08450 Summary:

BILL NO	S08450
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	O'MARA
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §19-0301, En Con L
Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to temporarily waive fuel and fuel additive requirements in extreme and unusual circumstances; requires such circumstances to be unforeseeable or as the result of a natural disaster.

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S08450 Actions:

BILL NO	S08450
05/08/2018	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
05/15/2018	1ST REPORT CAL.1267
05/16/2018	2ND REPORT CAL.
05/22/2018	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/20/2018	COMMITTED TO RULES

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S08450 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8450
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 8, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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
          authorizing  the department of environmental conservation to temporar-
          ily waive fuel and fuel additive requirements in extreme  and  unusual
          circumstances

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2  of  section  19-0301  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph f to read as
     3  follows:
     4    f. Temporarily waive specific requirements of this section, or  estab-
     5  lish  temporary alternative requirements respecting the use of a fuel or
     6  fuel additive if the department  determines that:
     7    (1) extreme and unusual fuel or  fuel  additive  supply  circumstances
     8  exist  which  prevent the distribution of an adequate supply of the fuel
     9  or fuel additive to consumers; and
    10    (2) such extreme and unusual fuel  or  fuel  additive  supply  circum-
    11  stances  are  the  result  of  a natural disaster, or another event that
    12  could not have been reasonably foreseen.
    13    A temporary fuel and fuel additive supply circumstance waiver pursuant
    14  to this  paragraph shall (i) be effective for a defined period  of  time
    15  that  permits a transitional  period after the termination of the tempo-
    16  rary waiver to permit wholesalers and  retailers  to  blend  down  their
    17  wholesale  and  retail  inventory;  and (ii) apply to all persons in the
    18  motor fuel distribution system.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15748-01-8

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