NY State Senate Bill 2011-S7724

Senate Bill S7724

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the department to establish groundwater standards limiting nitrogen to no more than 2 mg per liter

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2011-S7724 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10221
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §15-0514, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: A707

2011-S7724 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department to establish groundwater standards, for Nassau and Suffolk counties, limiting nitrogen to no more than 2 mg per liter.

2011-S7724 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7724

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to groundwater
standards limiting nitrogen

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To improve water quality in Long Island estuaries by limiting the
nitrogen content of groundwater.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation
to develop an enforceable groundwater standard, in Nassau and Suffolk
counties, limiting nitrogen to no more than two milligrams per liter,
after holding a public hearing, and within 18 months of the effective
date,

EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:
This bill would amend §15-0514 of the Environmental Conservation Law.

JUSTIFICATION:
Nitrogen is essential to life and takes many forms including ammonia,
ammonium, nitrites, nitrates, and nitrous oxides. Studies have shown
that the impacts of man-made sources of nitrogen on groundwater
quality, on-site sanitary wastewater disposal in unsewered areas, for

example, are much greater than natural sources such as decaying
biological matter. In the recently-released draft Suffolk County
Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan, the Suffolk County
Department of Health Services reported that approximately 75 percent
of the County's population relies on on-site sanitary wastewater
disposal systems for wastewater management. This reliance results in
66 percent of community supply wells having a high or very high
susceptibility to nitrate contamination.
Studies have shown that Long Island estuaries are approximately 80
percent saltwater and 20 percent freshwater. This combination of
fresh and saltwater means that high nitrogen levels in groundwater
are having a negative impact on Long Island estuaries, including
eutrophication, pollution and algal blooms. This legislation seeks to
prevent the further contamination of estuaries by requiring DEC to
adopt a low nitrogen groundwater standard on Long Island.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is new legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 90th day after it shall have become
law.

2011-S7724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7724

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 15, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  groundwater standards limiting nitrogen

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 4, 5, and 6 of section 15-0514 of the environ-
mental  conservation  law  are renumbered subdivisions 5, 6, and 7 and a
new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING,  AND  WITHIN  EIGHTEEN
MONTHS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PROMULGATE RULES AND
REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH AN ENFORCEABLE GROUNDWATER STANDARD, FOR NASSAU
AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES, LIMITING NITROGEN TO NO MORE THAN 2 MG PER LITER.
  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.
                                                           LBD15845-03-2

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