Bill Text: NY S00841 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Reduces emissions of air pollutants from petroleum bulk storage facilities by requiring that no person shall own or operate a facility containing an above-ground tank that does not have a shell color and roof color of either white or beige/cream; provides that such color requirements shall apply to every tank at a facility regardless of whether the tank is in active use for storage; defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-10-25 - SIGNED CHAP.505 [S00841 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00841-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         841--A
            Cal. No. 332

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  BIAGGI, HOYLMAN, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
          mental Conservation -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
          to first and second report, ordered to  a  third  reading,  passed  by
          Senate  and  delivered  to  the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
          restored to third reading, amended and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          reducing emissions of  air  pollutants  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. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 17-1016 to read as follows:
     3  § 17-1016. Reduction of air pollution from petroleum bulk storage facil-
     4               ities.
     5    1.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  the  terms below shall have the
     6  following meaning:
     7    a. "Shell color" shall mean the color and  shade  combination  of  the
     8  paint on the sides or shell of a tank.
     9    b.  "Roof  color"  shall  mean  the color and shade combination of the
    10  paint on the roof of a tank.
    11    c. "Tank" shall have the meaning set forth in section 17-1003 of  this
    12  title  except  that  for purposes of this section "tank" means an above-
    13  ground tank and does not include associated pipes,  lines,  fixtures  or
    14  other ancillary equipment.
    15    2.  Tank  coloring.  a.  No  person  shall  own  or operate a facility
    16  containing a tank that does not meet  the  color  requirements  of  this
    17  subdivision.  Such  color  requirements  shall  apply to every tank at a
    18  facility regardless of whether the tank is in active use for storage.
    19    b. A tank shall have a shell color and roof color of either  white  or
    20  beige/cream.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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