Bill Text: NY S05673 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall place and operate certain air quality monitoring systems in proximity to NY city airports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S05673 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05673-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5673
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONSERRATE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
         vation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         requiring  the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation to place
         certain air quality monitoring systems within a one-mile radius of all
         airports located within a city having a population of one  million  or
         more
         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 19-0322 to read as follows:
    3  S  19-0322.  AIR  QUALITY  MONITORING SYSTEMS REQUIRED WITHIN A ONE-MILE
    4               RADIUS OF ALL AIRPORTS WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF
    5               ONE MILLION OR MORE.
    6    1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE AND OPERATE  AN  AMBIENT  AIR  QUALITY
    7  MONITOR  NETWORK  WITHIN  A  ONE-MILE  RADIUS  OF ALL AIRPORTS IN CITIES
    8  HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. THE  NETWORK  SHALL  CONTIN-
    9  UOUSLY  MEASURE  DATA  FOR  OZONE,  SULFUR  DIOXIDE, OXIDES OF NITROGEN,
   10  CARBON DIOXIDE, METEOROLOGICAL DATA, PM 1.0  AND  PM  2.5.  THE  NETWORK
   11  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM EMPLOYED TO POLL
   12  THE  SITES  TO  RETRIEVE READINGS INTO A CENTRAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
   13  THE DATA SHALL UNDERGO VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION BY A SUPERVISING SITE
   14  ENGINEER WHICH SHALL FOLLOW ESTABLISHED QUALITY  ASSURANCE  AND  QUALITY
   15  CONTROL PROCEDURES.
   16    2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE AND OPERATE A PHOTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT
   17  MONITORING  STATION  AND A NATIONAL AMBIENT TOXIC TREND STATION WITHIN A
   18  ONE-MILE RADIUS OF ALL AIRPORTS LOCATED WITHIN A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPU-
   19  LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE. SUCH STATIONS SHALL MONITOR VOLATILE
   20  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS OZONE PRECURSORS DURING THE SUMMER OZONE SEASON FOR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04418-01-9
       S. 5673                             2
    1  THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF  AMBIENT  AIR  AND  DEVELOPING
    2  PROGRAMS TO TARGET APPROPRIATE SOURCE CATEGORIES FOR EMISSION REDUCTION.
    3    3.  THE  COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE, SHALL PERIODICALLY
    4  MEET WITH SITE ENGINEERS,  LOCAL  COMMUNITY  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  ELECTED
    5  OFFICIALS  REPRESENTING  THE  AREA  IN  WHICH  AN AIRPORT IS LOCATED, TO
    6  INFORM THEM OF THE RESULTS OF THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND, IF  NECES-
    7  SARY, TO RECOMMEND OR ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO MITIGATE ANY ADVERSE AMBIENT
    8  AIR QUALITY.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   10  it shall have become a law.