Bill Text: NY A08069 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the criteria for siting and the transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-01-27 - amended on third reading 8069a [A08069 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8069
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 17, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
         criteria for siting and the transportation of  liquefied  natural  and
         petroleum gas
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1  of  section  23-1709  of  the  environmental
    2  conversation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 233 of the laws of 1979, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1. The department  shall,  after  investigation  and  opportunity  for
    5  public  comment,  [within  one  year  from  the  effective  date of this
    6  section] NO LATER THAN DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN,
    7  adopt,  and  file  with the secretary of state, regulations establishing
    8  criteria for the siting of liquefied natural and petroleum  gas  facili-
    9  ties. Such siting criteria shall be designed to insure the maximum safe-
   10  ty  of  the  public  from  hazards  associated with liquefied natural or
   11  petroleum gas storage, transportation  and  conversion.  The  department
   12  shall  also  within  one year from such effective date adopt regulations
   13  prescribing the form and content of applications for environmental safe-
   14  ty permits to construct a liquefied natural or petroleum gas facility.
   15    S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 23-1713 of the  environmental  conserva-
   16  tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 892 of the laws of 1976, is amended to
   17  read as follows:
   18    2. The department of transportation in consultation with  the  depart-
   19  ment of environmental conservation shall establish criteria for the safe
   20  transportation  of such liquefied natural and petroleum gas. Such crite-
   21  ria shall take into consideration the proximity of the route  or  routes
   22  to  contiguous populations, the capability of municipal fire departments
   23  to protect communities and contiguous  populations  against  fire  cloud
   24  damage  attendant upon vapor release of the gas from its cryogenic state
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  due to accident or malfunction in equipment, and  the  risk  of  further
    2  accident  related thereto and conflagration attendant upon its ignition.
    3  Such department's criteria shall be no less  restrictive  than  existing
    4  federal  regulations.  Such  department  shall [within one year from the
    5  effective date of this section] NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
    6  THOUSAND FOURTEEN, adopt regulations prescribing the  forms  and  proce-
    7  dures to be followed, which shall include notice to all affected munici-
    8  pal  police  and fire departments, for the certification of routes to be
    9  used for the safe intrastate transportation of  such  liquefied  natural
   10  and petroleum gas.
   11    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.