NY State Senate Bill 2011-S5622

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 12, 2012	committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 21, 2012	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 04, 2012	referred to environmental conservation
Jun 07, 2011	referred to environmental conservation

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A919
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §27-0721, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S3123, A6829
2013-2014: S3430, A967
2015-2016: S2556, A5903
2017-2018: A10490
2019-2020: A4989
2021-2022: A1232

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects.

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5622

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting
marine solid waste transfer stations located in proximity to public
housing projects in certain cases

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To prohibit the construction,
location, relocation, or reactivation of marine putrescible or
non-putrescible sold waste transfer stations or facilities within 800
feet of public housing projects in cities of one million or more.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Prohibits the DEC or
local agencies
from issuing permits which would allow the siting of a marine
transfer station within 800 feet of a housing project.

JUSTIFICATION:
It is well established that economically under-served neighborhoods
have higher asthma rates. For example, East Harlem, which has been
called the "asthma capital of New York," has the dubious distinction
of claiming an asthma hospitalization rate that is at five times the
City average according to a 1999 study by Mt. Sinai Hospital - one of

the highest rates in the nation. The New York City Department of
Health confirms these alarming numbers, reporting that East Harlem
has the highest rate of child hospitalization for asthma and other
respiratory ailments in all of New York City. Many well-documented
studies link air pollution to asthma attacks and other respiratory
problems.
Traffic, particularly truck traffic, is a major contributing factor to
this type of pollution.

Many of these same neighborhoods that have high rates of asthma also
are more likely to include a greater number of public housing
developments, the last bastion of truly affordable housing for
low-income New Yorkers in the city. It is important that we ensure
that the locating of waste transfer facilities does not unfairly
impact economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, specifically public
housing developments, which are also often communities of color.
Having garbage trucks that spew noxious fumes and leak trash driving
past your home all day every day is an undue burden that low-income
residents of public housing, who struggle to provide for their
families, should not be saddled with.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.10891-A/S.8168-A of 2008
A.4829 of 2009-2010

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Unknown.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5622

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 7, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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
  prohibiting  marine solid waste transfer stations located in proximity
  to public housing projects in certain cases

  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 27-0721 to read as follows:
S 27-0721. MARINE SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION OR FACILITIES.
  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF STATE OR  LOCAL  LAW  OR
REGULATION,  NEITHER  THE DEPARTMENT NOR ANY LOCAL AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OR
AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE A PERMIT, REGULATION, OR RENEW A PERMIT OR APPROVE
AN APPLICATION FOR THE EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION, REACTIVATION
OR OPERATION OF A MARINE SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION OR FACILITY  IN  A
CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHERE ANY PART OF SUCH
STATION OR FACILITY IS TO BE LOCATED WITHIN  EIGHT  HUNDRED  FEET  OF  A
HOUSING  PROJECT  AS THE TERM PROJECT IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN
OF SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00498-01-1

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Liz Krueger

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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