Bill Text: NY S05099 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner to publicly publish the annual report of the environmental radiation surveillance program and analyze such report showing trends and cumulative impact, as well as notify other relevant agencies if contamination has exceeded EPA standards for maximum amounts of contamination allowed in drinking water or food.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S05099 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05099-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5099

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 23, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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
          directing  the  commissioner  to publicly publish the annual report of
          the environmental radiation surveillance program

          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  3-0301  of the environmental
     2  conservation law is amended by adding a new  paragraph  ii  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    ii.  Provide  freely  and  make  publicly available on its website the
     5  annual report on radioactive releases or disposals,  submitted  pursuant
     6  to  6  NYCRR  380.    In conjunction with the department of health, such
     7  report shall be analyzed to show trends and  the  cumulative  impact  of
     8  such  radioactive  releases  or  disposals; provided that other relevant
     9  agencies shall be notified if contamination has exceeded  standards  for
    10  maximum  allowable level permitted in drinking water or food sources, as
    11  prescribed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09063-02-1