Assembly Bill A6544

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the modification of the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual by the department of environmental conservation

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  • 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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2011-A6544 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3791
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง17-0810, En Con L

2011-A6544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the modification of the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual by the department of environmental conservation; requires signage; defines reasonable slope to limit the immediate drop off to the deeper end; requires aquatic vegetation to be established in the aquatic and safety benches

2011-A6544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6544

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. HOYT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  requiring  modification  of  the  New York State Stormwater Management
  Design Manual by the department of environmental conservation

  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 17-0810 to read as follows:
S 17-0810. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DESIGN MANUAL MODIFICATION.
  ON OR BEFORE ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,
THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  MODIFY  THE NEW YORK STATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
DESIGN MANUAL TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
  1. REQUIRE SIGNAGE PROHIBITING SWIMMING AND WADING, WARNING OF  POSSI-
BLE  CONTAMINATION  OR POLLUTION OF THE STORMWATER RETENTION POND, AND A
DESCRIPTION WITH THE DEPTH OF THE STORMWATER RETENTION POND;
  2. DEFINE A REASONABLE SLOPE PAST THE AQUATIC BENCH TO LIMIT THE IMME-
DIATE DROP OFF TO THE DEEPER END OF THE STORMWATER RETENTION POND;
  3. REQUIRE AQUATIC VEGETATION BE ESTABLISHED IN THE AQUATIC AND SAFETY
BENCHES BEFORE THE STORMWATER RETENTION POND IS RENDERED IN-SERVICE;
  4. ENSURE MAINTENANCE PLANS INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT  FOR  EXAMINING  THE
STATUS  OF SAFETY FEATURES BY THE MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY IN THEIR ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE OF STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS; AND
  5. ANY OTHER PROVISIONS THE  DEPARTMENT  DEEMS  ESSENTIAL  TO  FURTHER
PROMOTE SAFETY IN AND AROUND STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08922-03-1

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