Assembly Bill A5504

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of trash capture nets on certain point source outlets

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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-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §17-0832, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7726
2023-2024: A5238

2021-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations requiring the department to install or cause to be installed at the outlet of any point source that empties into the waters of the state a trash capture net for purposes of collecting garbage, refuse, and other debris; defines "trash capture net" to mean a commercial grade, reusable, open-meshed material designed to capture pollutants as small as five millimeters in diameter.

2021-A5504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5504
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   installation of trash capture nets
 
   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 17-0832 to read as follows:
 § 17-0832. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT; TRASH CAPTURE NETS.
   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  THE
 DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL OR CAUSE TO BE INSTALLED  AT  THE  OUTLET  OF  ANY
 POINT  SOURCE  THAT EMPTIES INTO ANY WATERS OF THE STATE A TRASH CAPTURE
 NET FOR PURPOSES OF COLLECTING  GARBAGE, REFUSE, AND OTHER  DEBRIS.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, A "TRASH CAPTURE NET" SHALL MEAN A COMMERCIAL
 GRADE, REUSABLE, OPEN-MESHED MATERIAL DESIGNED TO CAPTURE POLLUTANTS  AS
 SMALL AS FIVE MILLIMETERS IN DIAMETER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08800-01-1

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