Bill Text: NY S02752 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S02752 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S02752-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2752 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 23, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loef- fel Hazardous Waste Site THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 49-0103 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. SUPERVISE AND/OR CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE MARINE LIFE, AMPHIBIANS AND 4 MAMMALS INHABITING THE AREA KNOWN AS THE DEWEY LOEFFEL HAZARDOUS WASTE 5 SITE AND THE ENVIRONS OF NASSAU LAKE, RENSSELAER COUNTY, FOR THE PURPOSE 6 OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENCE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES INCLUDING BUT 7 NOT LIMITED TO POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAM- 8 INANTS IN SUCH WILDLIFE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 9 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, PREPARE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE 10 LEGISLATURE OUTLINING THE SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY AND ASSESSING 11 THE VIABILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIMILAR STUDY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE 12 THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03973-01-3