Bill Text: NY A01636 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a moratorium upon the siting of sludge processing facilities in this state, including any facility which converts sewer sludge including but not limited to human waste, farm animal waste, and food waste, such as yogurt by-products, into a bio-solid fertilizer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A01636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01636-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1636
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to establish a moratorium on the siting of sewer sludge  process-
          ing facilities in the state
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Moratorium on the siting of sewer sludge processing facili-
     2  ties. 1. For the purposes of this act, "sewer sludge processing  facili-
     3  ty" shall include any facility that converts sewer sludge, including but
     4  not  limited  to human waste, farm animal waste, and food waste, such as
     5  yogurt by-products, into a bio-solid fertilizer.
     6    2. Notwithstanding any provision of law  to  the  contrary,  there  is
     7  hereby established a moratorium upon the siting of sewer sludge process-
     8  ing facilities in this state. The moratorium shall continue for a period
     9  of  one year from the effective date of this act or until the department
    10  of environmental conservation reports to the governor and  the  legisla-
    11  ture on its findings and recommendations as required by subdivision 3 of
    12  this section.
    13    3.  a.  The  department  of environmental conservation, in cooperation
    14  with the department of health, shall immediately undertake a  review  of
    15  all  available  data  relating to the potential environmental and health
    16  risks and effects of sewer sludge processing facilities.
    17    b. The commissioner of  environmental  conservation,  or  his  or  her
    18  designee, shall:
    19    i. Solicit input from environmental and public health specialists, and
    20  other stakeholders in an open, public process;
    21    ii.  Examine  various  routes  of exposure and the health and environ-
    22  mental impact of sewer sludge processing facilities, including, but  not
    23  limited to, effects on soil, air quality, and drinking water; and
    24    iii.  Prepare  a  report  to  the  governor  and the legislature which
    25  includes research and  studies  conducted  on  sewer  sludge  processing
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06491-01-9
        A. 1636                             2
     1  facilities  which were the source of the report findings and recommenda-
     2  tions for the siting of sewer sludge processing facilities. Such  report
     3  shall be filed within one year of the effective date of this act, unless
     4  the  commissioner  of environmental conservation requests in writing, an
     5  extension of time.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.