Bill Text: NY S06519 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation to create a road salt applicator training program, which shall include, but not be limited to training materials regarding the environmental and human health impacts of road salt and a plan of action for the reduction or elimination of sodium chloride pollution in environmentally sensitive areas.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06519-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6519

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 14, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to creating  a  road
          salt applicator training program

          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  24 to read as follows:
     3    §  24. Road salt applicator training program. 1. (a) The commissioner,
     4  in consultation with the commissioner of the department of environmental
     5  conservation, shall create a road salt applicator training program  that
     6  shall include, but not be limited to:
     7    (i)  Training  materials  regarding the environmental and human health
     8  impacts of road salt;
     9    (ii) Best practices for the application of sodium chloride  to  roads,
    10  parking lots, and sidewalks;
    11    (iii) Use of state of the art equipment for snow and ice removal;
    12    (iv)  Use of monitoring technologies for annual reporting of road salt
    13  use by location;
    14    (v) A plan of action for the reduction or elimination of sodium  chlo-
    15  ride pollution in environmentally sensitive areas;
    16    (vi)  A  verification  process  for  assuring best practices are being
    17  implemented and will continue to be implemented;
    18    (vii) The use of road salt alternatives; and
    19    (viii) A process for certification of trained  and  approved  applica-
    20  tors,  including  particular  locations for such training program, and a
    21  time period within which to complete continuing training requirements.
    22    (b) In creating the road salt applicator training program, the commis-
    23  sioner shall use best efforts  to  consult  with  current  programs  and
    24  research  being  conducted  in the state such as those undertaken by the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11761-01-9
        S. 6519                             2

     1  Fund for Lake George, the  Cary  Institute  of  Ecosystem  Studies,  and
     2  Cornell University.
     3    2.  The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the the governor, the
     4  temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
     5  chair  of  the  senate committee on transportation, and the chair of the
     6  assembly committee on transportation, on or before December  first,  two
     7  thousand  twenty,  a  report containing the road salt applicator program
     8  findings and recommendations that include, but are not limited to:
     9    (a) Recommendations for conducting  the  training  program  by  agency
    10  staff or a private contractor;
    11    (b) Findings regarding the appropriateness of limited liability relief
    12  for certified applicators;
    13    (c) Recommendations regarding funding options or assistance to locali-
    14  ties for purchase of state of the art equipment;
    15    (d) Findings, using existing data and information, regarding locations
    16  in  the state where road salt contamination may be a threat to the envi-
    17  ronment, property or human health;
    18    (e) Findings regarding the use of similar programs  in  other  states,
    19  such as Rhode Island and Minnesota;
    20    (f)  Recommendations  regarding  a  timeline for implementation of the
    21  road salt applicator training program; and
    22    (g) Findings regarding costs associated with conducting such program.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.