Senate Bill S1984

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • 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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2025-S1984 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-0301, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S5099
2023-2024: S2103

2025-S1984 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program and analyze such report showing trends and cumulative impact, as well as notify other relevant agencies if contamination has exceeded EPA standards for maximum amounts of contamination allowed in drinking water or food.

2025-S1984 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1984 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1984
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HARCKHAM, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MAY, ROLISON
   -- 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
   directing the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the
   environmental radiation surveillance program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision  1  of  section  3-0301  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law  is  amended  by  adding a new paragraph ii to read as
 follows:
   II. PROVIDE FREELY AND MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AN ANNU-
 AL REPORT ON RADIOACTIVE RELEASES OR DISPOSALS, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMA-
 TION GATHERED REGARDING SUCH ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO 6  NYCRR  380.    IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SUCH REPORT SHALL BE ANALYZED
 TO SHOW TRENDS AND THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF SUCH RADIOACTIVE RELEASES OR
 DISPOSALS;  PROVIDED  THAT  OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES SHALL BE NOTIFIED IF
 CONTAMINATION HAS EXCEEDED STANDARDS FOR MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVEL PERMIT-
 TED IN DRINKING WATER OR FOOD SOURCES, AS PRESCRIBED BY APPLICABLE STATE
 AND FEDERAL LAW;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04718-01-5

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