Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Feb 01, 2021 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S4007
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S4007 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5731
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Ren §49-0311 to be §49-0313, add §49-0311, En Con L; amd §§809, 810 & 803, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S7617, A9659
2019-2020: S985, A820
2023-2024: S2831, A3841
2021-S4007 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires forest management plans, subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation, for certain lands subject to a conservation easement purchased by the state and forbids clearcutting on such lands without such forest management plan; increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting.
2021-S4007 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4007 SPONSOR: BRESLIN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the preparation of forest management plans subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation; and to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require Adirondack Park Agency (APA) review of clearcut- ting on land over five acres and would require that the State's "green forestry" principles be part of that review. The bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to further review commer- cial timber harvesting on lands having a conservation easement. This bill would also require that clear-cut permits go before the Adirondack Park Agency Board.
2021-S4007 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4007 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 the preparation of forest management plans subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation; and to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 49-0311 of the environmental conservation law is renumbered section 49-0313 and a new section 49-0311 is added to read as follows: § 49-0311. FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, FOR THE PREPARATION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS ON LANDS WHERE THE PRAC- TICE OF FORESTRY IS TO CONTINUE UNDER THE TERMS OF A CONSERVATION EASE- MENT PURCHASED BY THE STATE. THERE SHALL BE NO HARVESTING OF TIMBER FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OR INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITIES ON SUCH LANDS UNTIL THE FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT. 2. THE FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A. A DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST RESOURCES TO BE MANAGED, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS, LAND USE AND OWNERSHIP STATUS, AND A PROFILE OF ADJACENT LANDS; B. A DESCRIPTION OF SILVICULTURAL AND OTHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AS APPLICABLE, BASED ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE FOREST IN QUESTION AND INFORMA- TION GATHERED THROUGH RESOURCE INVENTORIES; C. A RATIONALE FOR THE RATE OF ANNUAL HARVEST, SPECIES SELECTIONS, AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES; D. PROVISIONS FOR MONITORING OF FOREST GROWTH AND DYNAMICS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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