Senate Bill S8473

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the Suffolk county water quality restoration act

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Current Bill Status Via A8993 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8473 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8993
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Part TT §2, Chap 58 of 2023; amd §256-b, County L; amd §1210-A, Tax L

2023-S8473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends provisions of the Suffolk county water quality restoration act relating to the expenditure of funds for certain water projects.

2023-S8473 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8473
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law, the tax law and the Suffolk county water
   quality restoration act, in relation to the use  of  moneys  from  the
   water quality restoration fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of part TT of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of  2023
 constituting  the  Suffolk  county  water  quality  restoration  act, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 2. Legislative intent. The county  of  Suffolk  ("county"),  with  a
 population  of  one million five hundred thousand persons, has in excess
 of three hundred eighty thousand  existing  onsite  wastewater  disposal
 systems,  comprised  mostly  of  cesspools  and septic systems, with two
 hundred nine thousand of these onsite systems in environmentally  sensi-
 tive  areas which could benefit from nitrogen-reducing technologies. The
 United States Environmental Protection Agency recognizes Long Island  as
 having  a  sole  source  aquifer  system  for its drinking water supply.
 Suffolk county has an imminent need  to  preserve  this  valuable  water
 resource  by reducing the amount of nitrogen discharged into the ground-
 water by onsite systems. The full water cycle is impacted by  increasing
 quantities of nutrients, pathogens, pesticides, volatile organic contam-
 inants  and saltwater intrusion, as well as a number of emerging threats
 such as prescription drugs and sea level rise.
   The Suffolk county subwatersheds wastewater plan ("SWP"), certified by
 the  department  of  environmental  conservation  as  a  Nine   Elements
 Watershed  (9E)  plan,  has  documented  the devastating effects of high
 levels of nitrogen pollution, not only on the  drinking  water  quality,
 but  also  on  coastal  ecosystems,  dissolved  oxygen,  water  clarity,
 eelgrass, wetlands, shellfish,  coastal  resilience  and  in  triggering
 harmful  algal  blooms.  The SWP is a long-term plan to address the need
 for wastewater treatment infrastructure throughout the county comprehen-
 sively over a period of fifty years. The SWP delineates the  source  and
 concentration  of  nitrogen  loading  in  one hundred ninety-one subwat-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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