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                                   7999
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the canal law, in relation to directing the canal corpo-
   ration  to  create a chart to identify, map and model normal and flood
   water flows in the Oswego river basin and the Mohawk river basin

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  canal  law is amended by adding a new section 135 to
 read as follows:
   § 135. UPSTATE RIVER BASINS CHART. THE CANAL CORPORATION, IN CONSULTA-
 TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL,  BY  JUNE
 THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, CREATE A CHART TO IDENTIFY, MAP AND
 MODEL  NORMAL  AND  FLOOD  WATER FLOWS IN THE OSWEGO RIVER BASIN AND THE
 MOHAWK RIVER BASIN, WHICH SHALL MEAN A WATERSHED IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW
 YORK COMPRISED OF ALL RIVERS, STREAMS, CREEKS, LAKES, RESERVOIRS AND THE
 SURROUNDING  LAND  AREAS OR OTHER DRAINAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 CANALS, THAT DRAINS OR FLOWS VIA THE OSWEGO RIVER INTO LAKE ONTARIO  AND
 A  WATERSHED  IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK COMPRISED OF ALL RIVERS, STREAMS,
 CREEKS, LAKES, RESERVOIRS AND THE SURROUNDING LAND AREAS OR OTHER DRAIN-
 AGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CANALS, THAT DRAINS OR FLOWS  VIA  THE
 MOHAWK  RIVER  INTO  THE  HUDSON RIVER, RESPECTIVELY. THE CHART SHALL BE
 CREATED WITH THE HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING  CENTER  RIVER  ANALYSIS  SYSTEM
 (HEC-RAS),  AND  BATHYMETRIC  AND/OR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR)
 MEASUREMENTS, AS APPLICABLE. THE CHART SHALL, IN ADDITION TO SUCH  OTHER
 DATA  AS  THE CANAL CORPORATION MAY DETERMINE TO BE INCLUDED, CONSIST OF
 THE CHART AS CREATED AND REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, TOGETHER  WITH  OTHER
 AVAILABLE  DATA  ON  BASINS,  WHETHER  ASSISTED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 UNDER A PROVISION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR ASSEMBLED  BY
 FEDERAL  OR  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTAL  OR PRIVATE AGENCIES, ALL OF WHICH SUCH
 INFORMATION SHALL BE ASSEMBLED AND INTEGRATED, AS APPLICABLE, INTO A MAP
 AND MODEL OF THE OSWEGO RIVER BASIN AND THE MOHAWK RIVER BASIN.    ADDI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11979-04-3
              

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 TIONALLY,  THE CANAL CORPORATION SHALL UPDATE THE CHART EVERY FIVE YEARS
 AND SHALL PERIODICALLY REVIEW SUCH CHART TO ENSURE THAT  IT  EFFECTUATES
 THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION. AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, THE CANAL CORPO-
 RATION  SHALL  MAKE THE CHART AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR INSPECTION AND
 EXAMINATION AT EVERY DIVISION OFFICE OF THE CANAL CORPORATION LOCATED IN
 A COUNTY IN WHICH THE OSWEGO RIVER BASIN OR THE MOHAWK  RIVER  BASIN  IS
 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY LOCATED IN AND ON THE CORPORATION'S WEBSITE. DIGITAL
 FILES  OF  THE  CHART,  INCLUDING  THE MAP AND MODEL, SHALL ALSO BE MADE
 AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST, TO THE CLERK OF  EACH  COUNTY,  CITY,  TOWN  OR
 VILLAGE  IN  WHICH THE OSWEGO RIVER BASIN OR THE MOHAWK RIVER BASIN OR A
 PORTION THEREOF IS LOCATED. THE CANAL CORPORATION SHALL, BY JULY  FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, SUBMIT A REPORT OF THE FINDINGS OF THE CHART,
 INCLUDING NORMAL AND FLOOD FLOWS, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT  OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF
 THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.