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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Enacts lead free parks act; relates to the cleanup and remediation of parks contaminated by lead from motor vehicle emissions
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Hakeem Jeffries
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Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the cleanup and remediation of lead contaminated parks
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to warn park users of the potential health hazards from lead contaminated parks and to identify parks for cleanup and remediation.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill requires the DEC to conduct a study of parks in close proximity to high traffic areas to identify the level of lead contamination in each park. Six months after the completion of the study, the DEC shall post warnings in each park identified as a potential hazard to the public because of lead contamination. The DEC will also prescribe advisable remediation measures for lead contaminated parks. DEC shall make grants available to localities for 50% of the cost of cleanup and remediation of contaminated parks.
Justification
Lead from motor vehicle exhaust is responsible for contaminating parks. Park users, many of them young children, are unwittingly exposed to potentially hazardous levels of lead, resulting in lead poisoning which can cause headaches, vomiting, diarrhea, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, and, in extreme cases, death.
Prior legislative history
2006: A.304 - Referred to Environmental Conservation Committee Ways and Means 2005: A.304 - Referred to Environmental Conservation Committee 2003-04: A.734-A - Ways & Means 2001-02: A.244 - Ref to Ways & Means 2000: A.1156 Ref to En Con 1999: A.1156 Ref to Ways & Means 1998: A.952 - Reported referred to Ways & Means 1997: A.952 - Ref to En Con 1996: A.637 - Ref to Ways and Means 1995: A.637 - Ref to En Con 1993-1994: A.615 - Ref. to W & M 1992: A.5418 - Ref. to W & M 1991: A.5418 - Ref. to En Con 1990: A.1149 - Ref. to En Con 1989: A.1149 - Ref. to Ways & Means 1988: A.1324 - Ref. to Ways & Means 1987: A.1324 - Held in En Con
Fiscal implications
Commissioner of DEC shall make grants to localities for fifty percent of cost of cleanup.
Effective date
Immediately.
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