NY S06689 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-09 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Pending: Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Makes various provisions regulating the location of environmental facilities to insure equity of treatment for minority communities or economically distressed areas; requires environmental impact statements to state whether the siting of a facility will cause or increase a disproportionate burden on such areas.

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Title

Makes various provisions regulating the location of environmental facilities to insure equity of treatment for minority communities or economically distressed areas; requires environmental impact statements to state whether the siting of a facility will cause or increase a disproportionate burden on such areas.

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-03-09SenateREFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Same As/Similar To

A02546 (Same As) 2012-05-02 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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