Bill Text: NY A07818 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Expands the options for shell color and roof color of petroleum bulk storage tanks to either white or beige/cream or which limits volatile emissions to the same or to a greater extent as a shell color and roof color of white or beige/cream as determined by the department of environmental conservation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-06 - reported referred to rules [A07818 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07818-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7818--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 15, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
          Environmental  Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          reduction of air pollution from petroleum bulk storage facilities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 17-1016 of the environmental conservation law, as
     2  added by chapter 505 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 17-1016. Reduction of air pollution from petroleum bulk storage facil-
     4                 ities.
     5    1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the  terms  below  shall
     6  have the following [meaning] meanings:
     7    a.  "Shell  color"  shall mean [the color and shade combination of the
     8  paint] any coating on the sides or shell of a tank, which reduces  vola-
     9  tile emissions.
    10    b.  "Roof  color"  shall  mean [the color and shade combination of the
    11  paint] any coating on the roof of a tank, which reduces  volatile  emis-
    12  sions.
    13    c.  "Tank" shall have the meaning set forth in section 17-1003 of this
    14  title except that for purposes of this section "tank"  means  an  above-
    15  ground  tank,  unless the department determines the tank to be otherwise
    16  sufficiently protected  against  volatilization  in  a  manner  no  less
    17  protective  than  subdivision  two of this section, and does not include
    18  associated pipes, lines, fixtures or other ancillary equipment.
    19    2. Tank coloring. a.  No  person  shall  own  or  operate  a  facility
    20  containing  a  tank  that  does  not meet the color requirements of this
    21  subdivision. Such color requirements shall apply  to  every  tank  at  a
    22  facility regardless of whether the tank is in active use for storage.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11750-08-4
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     1    b.  A  tank shall have a shell color and roof color of either white or
     2  beige/cream, or which limits volatile emissions to  the  same  or  to  a
     3  greater  extent as a shell color and roof color of white or beige/cream,
     4  as determined by the department.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.