Assembly Bill A2825

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay

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Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2825 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6596
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0505, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7295
2021-2022: A10188, S2205, S8816

2023-A2825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay; directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on ecological restoration needs in Jamaica Bay.

2023-A2825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2825
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   filling  of  borrow  pits in Jamaica Bay; in relation to directing the
   department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on ecolog-
   ical restoration needs in Jamaica Bay; and providing for the repeal of
   certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. Due to the increase in vessel size in
 recent years, New York State waterways such as channels, berthing  areas
 and  harbors are being excavated in a process known as dredging to main-
 tain sufficient depth for safe and efficient vessel operation.
   Dredged material  is  naturally  accumulated  sediment,  much  of  the
 dredged  material  does  contain  some  contaminants  at varying concen-
 trations.
   Jamaica Bay was dredged to supply soil for a  number  of  construction
 projects. This process created borrow pits in the bay. These borrow pits
 have  been  identified as an attractive alternative for the disposing of
 dredge material.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 15-0505 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion  law, as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 1979, is amended and
 a new subdivision 3-a is added to read as follows:
   1. No person, local public corporation or interstate  authority  shall
 excavate  or  place  fill  below the mean high water level in any of the
 navigable waters of the state, or in marshes, estuaries,  tidal  marshes
 and  wetlands that are adjacent to and contiguous at any point to any of
 the navigable waters of the state and that are inundated  at  mean  high
 water  level  or tide, without a permit issued pursuant to subdivision 3
 of this section. For the purposes of this section, fill  shall  include,
 but  shall  not  be  limited to, earth, clay, silt, sand, gravel, stone,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04695-01-3
              

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