Assembly Bill A6952

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades

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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-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6751
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1903, S6257

2021-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades, to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility utilizing wind turbines.

2021-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6952
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  development  of
   uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 94-c  of  the  executive  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
   (C-1)  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  UNIFORM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE
 SITING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION  OF  MAJOR  RENEWABLE  ENERGY
 FACILITIES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVI-
 RONMENTAL CONSERVATION UNIFORM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE COLORING
 OF  WIND  TURBINE  ROTOR  BLADES.  THE  UNIFORM STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE  DESIGNED  TO  AVOID  OR
 MINIMIZE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ANY BIRD COLLISIONS ARISING
 FROM THE SITING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A MAJOR RENEWABLE
 ENERGY FACILITY UTILIZING WIND TURBINES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to
 subdivision 3 of section 94-c of the executive law made by  section  one
 of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
 deemed  to expire therewith. 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 effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10716-01-1

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