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                                   8189
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 27, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing  the  office
   of  renewable  energy  siting, in consultation with the public service
   commission, to create a statewide map of all proposed major  renewable
   energy  facility  sites  and  an  informational  tab  that  calculates
   regional impacts of such proposed sites
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 94-c of the exec-
 utive  law is amended by adding three new subparagraphs (iii), (iv), and
 (v) to read as follows:
   (III) IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE  OFFICE,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE
 COMMISSION, SHALL POST, MAINTAIN, AND REGULARLY UPDATE ON ITS WEBSITE  A
 STATEWIDE  MAP  WITH  THE  LOCATION, APPROXIMATE ACREAGE, AND GENERATION
 CAPACITY OF EACH APPROVED AND PROPOSED FACILITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
 OR RENEWABLE ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TEN OF THE
 PUBLIC SERVICE LAW FOR WHICH PERMITTED, COMPLETE, OR INCOMPLETE APPLICA-
 TIONS OR NOTICES OF INTENT HAVE BEEN  RECEIVED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OR  THE
 PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION.  SUCH STATEWIDE MAP SHALL INCLUDE ANY ADDI-
 TIONAL INFORMATION THE OFFICE DEEMS NECESSARY. THE INFORMATION  REQUIRED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE UPDATED UPON THE COMPLETION OF
 EACH NEW OR UPDATED APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED FACILITY.
   (IV) IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE  OFFICE,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE
 COMMISSION, SHALL CREATE AN INFORMATIONAL TAB, USING  PREVIOUSLY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  REGIONAL  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL REGIONS, THAT CALCULATES
 REGIONAL IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY  GENERATION  FACILITIES  FOR  WHICH
 PERMITTED,  COMPLETE,  OR  INCOMPLETE  APPLICATIONS OR NOTICES OF INTENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.  SUCH
 IMPACTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, TOTAL ACREAGE OF:
   A. THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
   B. THE PROJECT'S PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PRIME SOILS, UNIQUE FARM-
 LAND,  AND  FARMLAND OF STATEWIDE OR LOCAL IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING MINERAL
 SOILS GROUP (MSG) 1-4, AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRICULTURE  AND
 MARKETS;
   C.  THE PROJECT'S OPEN SPACE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-
 SEVEN OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW; AND
   D. THE PROJECT'S FOREST LAND, AS DEFINED  BY  SECTION  9-0101  OF  THE
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   (V)  THE  MAP  SHALL BE UPDATED IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF PERMITTED,
 COMPLETE, OR INCOMPLETE  APPLICATIONS  OR  NOTICES  OF  INTENT  FOR  THE
 PROPOSED PROJECT BY THE OFFICE OR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments  to  paragraph
 (c)  of  subdivision  5  of  section  94-c  of the executive law made by
 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith. Effective immediately, the addition,
 amendment  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule or regulation necessary for the
 implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized  to  be
 made and completed on or before such effective date.