Assembly Bill A707

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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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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2013-A707 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง15-0514, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A10221

2013-A707 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   707

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SWEENEY, WEISENBERG, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. HOOPER, THIELE -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

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.
                                                           LBD01483-01-3

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