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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Adds asbestos as a contaminant for purposes of making brownfield site determinations
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Robin Schimminger
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Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to including asbestos as a contaminant for the purposes of classifying a piece of real property as a brownfield site
Purpose
This legislation adds asbestos as a containment for the purposes of making brownfield determinations.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 7-a of section 27-1405 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 577 of the laws of 2004 by including asbestos in the terms listed as contaminants.
Section 2 amends section 27-1405 of the environmental conservation law by adding a new subdivision 1-a by defining the term asbestos.
Existing law
Under existing law, the Brownfield Cleanup program does not include asbestos as one of the contaminants to be considered for funding eligibility under the program.
Justification
In New York there are literally thousands of abandoned and contaminated properties that threaten the health and vitality of the communities they burden, and that these sites, known as brownfields are also contributing to sprawl development and the loss of open space. It has been recognized that New York need to encourage persons to voluntarily remediate brownfield sites for reuse and redevelopment by establishing within the Department of Environmental Conservation a statutory program to encourage cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites. This measure would expand that program by including asbestos as one of the contaminants to be considered when allocating resources for brownfield cleanup finding.
Legislative history
New bill - 2007-08 Referred to Environmental Conservation
Fiscal implications
None to NYS.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
180 days after becoming law.
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