Assembly Bill A2026

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall place and operate certain air quality monitoring systems in proximity to N.Y. city airports

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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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2021-A2026 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0322, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4517
2011-2012: A5358
2013-2014: A2895
2015-2016: A3285
2017-2018: A4486
2019-2020: A4057
2023-2024: A666

2021-A2026 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall place and operate certain air quality monitoring systems in proximity to NY city airports.

2021-A2026 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2026
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY, GRIFFIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   PERRY -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   requiring the commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  to  place
   certain air quality monitoring systems within a one-mile radius of all
   airports  located  within a city having a population of one million or
   more
 
   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 19-0322 to read as follows:
 § 19-0322. AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEMS  REQUIRED  WITHIN  A  ONE-MILE
              RADIUS OF ALL AIRPORTS WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF
              ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PLACE AND OPERATE AN AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
 MONITOR NETWORK WITHIN A ONE-MILE  RADIUS  OF  ALL  AIRPORTS  IN  CITIES
 HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. THE NETWORK SHALL CONTIN-
 UOUSLY MEASURE DATA FOR  OZONE,  SULFUR  DIOXIDE,  OXIDES  OF  NITROGEN,
 CARBON  DIOXIDE,  METEOROLOGICAL  DATA,  PM  1.0 AND PM 2.5. THE NETWORK
 SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM EMPLOYED TO POLL
 THE SITES TO RETRIEVE READINGS INTO A CENTRAL  DATA  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM.
 THE DATA SHALL UNDERGO VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION BY A SUPERVISING SITE
 ENGINEER  WHICH  SHALL  FOLLOW ESTABLISHED QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY
 CONTROL PROCEDURES.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE AND OPERATE A PHOTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT
 MONITORING STATION AND A NATIONAL AMBIENT TOXIC TREND STATION  WITHIN  A
 ONE-MILE  RADIUS  OF  ALL  AIRPORTS LOCATED WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.  SUCH  STATIONS  SHALL  MONITOR  VOLATILE
 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS OZONE PRECURSORS DURING THE SUMMER OZONE SEASON FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00491-01-1

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