Bill Text: NY A08283 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of environmental conservation, with the assistance of the department of transportation, to conduct a study on the environmental and human health impacts of John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-07 - held for consideration in environmental conservation [A08283 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08283-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8283
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 6, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
        AN  ACT to direct the department of environmental conservation, with the
          assistance of the department of transportation, to conduct a study  on
          the environmental and human health impacts of John F. Kennedy interna-
          tional airport and LaGuardia airport
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The department  of  environmental  conservation,  with  the
     2  assistance  of  the  department of transportation, shall conduct a study
     3  describing the environmental, noise, and human health impacts caused  by
     4  runways,  including  new  runways,  and  air  traffic at John F. Kennedy
     5  international airport and LaGuardia airport. In conducting  this  study,
     6  the department, with the assistance of the department of transportation,
     7  shall monitor actual noise levels experienced in 2018 and 2019 and shall
     8  pay   particular  attention  to  the  impact  of  air  pollution,  noise
     9  pollution, the emission of gases and fluids  by  aircraft,  and  similar
    10  factors  on  the quality of life, health, and property values of persons
    11  who live adjacent to flight paths used by aircraft at  John  F.  Kennedy
    12  international airport and LaGuardia airport. The department shall deliv-
    13  er  a written report of its findings to the governor and the legislature
    14  on or before October 31, 2019.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11959-01-7