Assembly Actions -
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Feb 10, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S6822
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S6822 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9192
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §33-1006, amd §71-2907, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S3554, A5670
2013-2014: S2357, A2607
2015-2016: S787, A582
2017-2018: S1626, A965
2009-S6822 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6822 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the application of lawn fertilizer to watersheds and drainage basins PURPOSE : Prohibits the application of lawn fertilizers containing more than zero percent phosphorus to any waters. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Adds a new Section 33-1006 to the environmental conservation law defining terms and establishing provisions relating to the application of lawn fertilizer to watersheds or drainage basins. Subdivision 1 of Section 71-2907 of the environmental conservation law is amended to set forth specific violation penalties. JUSTIFICATION : The ecological health, recreational quality and aesthetic value of freshwater and marine environments is threatened when higher concentrations of phosphates are introduced into waterways by storm water runoff in drainage systems or as a non-point source of pollution into groundwater. An excess of nutrients, such as phosphorus, can increase the growth of algae and degrade the quality of water. Prohibiting the application of lawn fertilizers containing more than
2009-S6822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6822 I N S E N A T E February 10, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the application of lawn fertilizer to watersheds and drainage basins THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 33-1006 to read as follows: S 33-1006. APPLICATION OF LAWN FERTILIZER TO WATERSHEDS OR DRAINAGE BASINS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: A. "AGRICULTURE USES" MEANS BEEKEEPING, DAIRYING, EGG PRODUCTION, FLORICULTURE, FISH OR FUR FARMING, FOREST AND GAME MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK RAISING; ORCHARDS; PLANT GREENHOUSES AND NURSERIES; POULTRY RAISING; RAISING OF GRAIN, GRASS, MINT AND SEED CROPS; RAISING OF FRUITS, NUTS, BERRIES, SOD FARMING AND VEGETABLE RAISING. B. "LAWN FERTILIZER" MEANS ANY FERTILIZER, WHETHER APPLIED BY PROPERTY OWNER, RENTER OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY, INTENDED FOR NONAGRICULTURAL USE, SUCH AS FOR LAWNS, GOLF COURSES, PARKS AND CEMETERIES. LAWN FERTILIZER DOES NOT INCLUDE FERTILIZER PRODUCTS INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR GARDEN OR INDOOR USE. 2. A. EFFECTIVE MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, IN ANY COUNTY WHERE THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL LAW, NO PERSON SHALL APPLY ANY LAWN FERTILIZER WITHIN ANY WATERSHED OR DRAINAGE BASIN THAT IS LABELED AS CONTAINING MORE THAN ZERO PERCENT PHOSPHORUS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. B. IN SUCH COUNTY, NO LAWN FERTILIZER SHALL BE APPLIED WHEN THE GROUND IS FROZEN. C. IN SUCH COUNTY, NO PERSON SHALL APPLY LAWN FERTILIZER TO ANY IMPER- VIOUS SURFACE INCLUDING PARKING LOTS, ROADWAYS, AND SIDEWALKS. IF SUCH APPLICATION OCCURS, THE FERTILIZER SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM SUCH SURFACES AND EITHER LEGALLY APPLIED TO TURF OR PLACED IN AN APPRO- PRIATE CONTAINER. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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