Bill Text: NY S02255 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of transportation to use a salt substitute to deice certain highways bordering the Kensico and Croton watershed; prohibits the use of road salt as a deicer on environmentally sensitive highways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02255 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02255-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2255
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 17, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  SCHNEIDERMAN, BRESLIN, DIAZ, DILAN, DUANE, FOLEY,
         HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO,  OPPENHEIMER,  PARKER,
         SAMPSON, SAVINO, STAVISKY, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law, in relation to the use of salt
         substitutes
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
    2  14-n to read as follows:
    3    S 14-N. SALT SUBSTITUTE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, UPON  CONSULTATION  WITH
    4  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION AND THE NEW YORK CITY
    5  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION,  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED   AND
    6  DIRECTED  TO  IDENTIFY  THOSE  SECTIONS  OF ROADWAYS LOCATED EAST OF THE
    7  HUDSON RIVER  WITHIN  THE  KENSICO  AND  CROTON  BASIN  SYSTEMS  OF  THE
    8  WATERSHED  FOR  THE  NEW YORK CITY DRINKING WATER SUPPLY THAT ARE WITHIN
    9  ONE THOUSAND FEET OR LESS OF THE PERIMETERS OF THE FOLLOWING RESERVOIRS:
   10  KENSICO, CROTON, MUSCOOT, CROSS RIVER, AMAWALK, TITICUS,  CROTON  FALLS,
   11  DIVERTING,  EAST BRANCH, BOG BROOK, MIDDLE BRANCH, EAST BRANCH, AND BOYD
   12  CORNER. SUCH ROADWAYS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE  ENVIRONMENTALLY  SENSITIVE.
   13  THE  USE OF ROAD SALT AS A DEICER SHALL BE PROHIBITED ON ENVIRONMENTALLY
   14  SENSITIVE ROADWAYS.
   15    2. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO USE POTASSIUM  ACETATE  AS
   16  AN  ENVIRONMENTALLY  BENIGN  SUBSTITUTE  FOR ROAD SALT TO DEICE ROADWAYS
   17  DESIGNATED AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. THE COMMISSIONER IS  AUTHORIZED
   18  TO  DESIGN  AND  EVALUATE  APPLICATION  PROCEDURES  AND TO SUPERVISE THE
   19  APPLICATION OF POTASSIUM ACETATE SO AS TO MAXIMIZE THE PRODUCT'S  EFFEC-
   20  TIVENESS  AS A DEICER. IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE ONE THOU-
   21  SAND FOOT DISTANCE DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE SIGNIFICANT  SOURCES  OF
   22  ROAD  SALT  RUNOFF  INTO  THE  RESERVOIR, THEN THE AREA DESIGNATED AS AN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00898-01-9
       S. 2255                             2
    1  ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ROADWAY MAY BE ADJUSTED TO  REDUCE  ROAD  SALT
    2  RUNOFF.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.