Senate Bill S1124

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes Westchester county to require local marinas provide for watercraft holding tank sewage disposal; prohibits littering of waterways

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • 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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2009-S1124 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A286
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง33-c, Nav L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2430

2009-S1124 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Westchester county to require that local marinas provide for the handling and disposal of sewage from watercraft holding tanks; directs the department of environmental conservation to request, from the federal environmental protection agency, a "no-discharge zone" designation of waters within the marine jurisdictional boundaries of Westchester county.

2009-S1124 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1124

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Cultural  Affairs,
  Tourism, Parks and Recreation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  navigation  law,  in relation to regulating the
  disposal of sewage from watercraft and  marinas  and  prohibiting  the
  littering of waterways

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 33-c of  the  navigation  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  199  of  the  laws  of 1999, is amended to read as
follows:
  8. All marinas that provide pumpout facilities and dump  stations  for
the  handling and disposal of sewage from marine holding tanks and port-
able toilets shall do so in a manner that will prevent the pollution  of
the  surface  waters  of  the  state.  The  facilities for unloading and
disposal of such sewage shall be approved by either  the  local  or  the
state  health department in accordance with [guidelines set forth by the
department in consultation with the department of health]  THE  REQUIRE-
MENTS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF THIS SECTION. The
department of environmental conservation shall  require  that  municipal
sewage  treatment  facilities  accept such waste originating from marine
holding tanks and portable toilets unless  the  commissioner  determines
that  such  action would cause an unacceptable threat to human health or
the environment or the operation of a sewage treatment plant.   NOTWITH-
STANDING THE FOREGOING, WESTCHESTER COUNTY SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO REQUIRE
BY ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW, THAT ANY MARINA, WITHIN THE COUNTY OF WEST-
CHESTER,  PROVIDE  FOR  THE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE FROM HOLDING
TANKS OF WATERCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH LOCAL LAW.
  S 2. Section 33-c of the navigation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 11-a to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01146-01-9

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