Senate Bill S6352

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to permits for public supply wells accessing a sole source aquifer in Long Island counties with two million or more residents

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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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2017-S6352 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7909
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-1527, En Con L

2017-S6352 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permits for public supply wells accessing a sole source aquifer in Long Island counties with two million or more residents; requires a new permit application rather than an application for a permit renewal; requires the department to conduct a tracking analysis and develop a screening tool for contaminants prior to issuing a permit; requires completion of phase one of the comprehensive Long Island groundwater study before issuing any permits

2017-S6352 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6352 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6352
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- 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
   permits  for  public  supply  wells accessing a sole source aquifer in
   counties with two million or more residents

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  15-1527 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. A. IN ANY COUNTY WITH TWO MILLION OR MORE RESIDENTS THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL REQUIRE A NEW PERMIT APPLICATION, RATHER THAN AN APPLICATION FOR A
 PERMIT  RENEWAL  FOR  A  PUBLIC  SUPPLY WELL THAT ACCESSES A SOLE SOURCE
 AQUIFER. BEFORE ANY PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC SUPPLY WELL THAT ACCESSES A SOLE
 SOURCE AQUIFER IN A COUNTY WITH TWO MILLION OR MORE RESIDENTS IS  ISSUED
 THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT A TRACKING ANALYSIS AND DEVELOP A SUSCEPTI-
 BILITY  SCREENING  TOOL  FOR ALL KNOWN CONTAMINANTS AND EMERGING CONTAM-
 INANTS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE  ANY  PERMIT  FOR  PUBLIC  SUPPLY
 WELLS  IN  A  COUNTY WITH TWO MILLION OR MORE RESIDENTS ACCESSING A SOLE
 SOURCE AQUIFER UNTIL COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE OF THE  COMPREHENSIVE  LONG
 ISLAND GROUNDWATER STUDY.
   B. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY THAT THREATENS HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY
 THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  ISSUE  A  TEMPORARY  EMERGENCY PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC
 SUPPLY WELL ACCESSING A SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER IN A COUNTY WITH TWO MILLION
 OR MORE RESIDENTS.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ACT  ON  THE  EMERGENCY  PERMIT
 REQUEST  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO HOURS. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PERMITS SHALL BE
 VALID FOR SIX MONTHS AND ONLY TWO SUCH PERMITS MAY BE  ISSUED  BEFORE  A
 STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW MUST BE COMPLETED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
 before such effective date.

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