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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law, in relation to the use of salt
  substitutes

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
14-n to read as follows:
  S 14-N. SALT SUBSTITUTE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, UPON  CONSULTATION  WITH
THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION AND THE NEW YORK CITY
DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION,  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED   AND
DIRECTED  TO  IDENTIFY  THOSE  SECTIONS  OF ROADWAYS LOCATED EAST OF THE
HUDSON RIVER  WITHIN  THE  KENSICO  AND  CROTON  BASIN  SYSTEMS  OF  THE
WATERSHED  FOR  THE  NEW YORK CITY DRINKING WATER SUPPLY THAT ARE WITHIN
ONE THOUSAND FEET OR LESS OF THE PERIMETERS OF THE FOLLOWING RESERVOIRS:
KENSICO, CROTON, MUSCOOT, CROSS RIVER, AMAWALK, TITICUS,  CROTON  FALLS,
DIVERTING,  EAST BRANCH, BOG BROOK, MIDDLE BRANCH, EAST BRANCH, AND BOYD
CORNER. SUCH ROADWAYS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE  ENVIRONMENTALLY  SENSITIVE.
THE  USE OF ROAD SALT AS A DEICER SHALL BE PROHIBITED ON ENVIRONMENTALLY
SENSITIVE ROADWAYS.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO USE POTASSIUM  ACETATE  AS
AN  ENVIRONMENTALLY  BENIGN  SUBSTITUTE  FOR ROAD SALT TO DEICE ROADWAYS
DESIGNATED AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. THE COMMISSIONER IS  AUTHORIZED
TO  DESIGN  AND  EVALUATE  APPLICATION  PROCEDURES  AND TO SUPERVISE THE
APPLICATION OF POTASSIUM ACETATE SO AS TO MAXIMIZE THE PRODUCT'S  EFFEC-
TIVENESS  AS A DEICER. IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE ONE THOU-
SAND FOOT DISTANCE DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE SIGNIFICANT  SOURCES  OF
ROAD  SALT  RUNOFF  INTO  THE  RESERVOIR, THEN THE AREA DESIGNATED AS AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ROADWAY MAY BE ADJUSTED TO  REDUCE  ROAD  SALT
RUNOFF.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

              

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