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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Authorizes a study of animals life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Timothy P. Gordon
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Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site
Purpose
This legislation will provide for a study of the marine, amphibians and mammals inhabiting the area known as the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site and the surrounding environs.
Provisions
Section 1: The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision (i) to provide for the study of the impact of contamination.
Justification
The Dewey Loeffel State Hazardous Waste Site is located in southern Rensselaer County and contains more than twice the contamination than the infamous Love Canal waste site. It is estimated that more than 46,000 tons of toxic waste are buried in a failed capped landfill.
Remediation of this site has been ongoing for decades with no progress made in preventing the contamination from seeping from the site and contaminating additional properties. This contamination has also impacted Nassau Lake and the surrounding watershed.
This toxic contamination has been documented to be present in area fish which have been ingested by New Yorkers. There is currently a "eat no fish" advisory in place for this area. It is believed that this significant contamination has penetrated other aspects of the food chain.
This bill would provide for a scientific analysis of the presence of toxic substances in wildlife and would provide for a report to the legislature and the governor of the specific findings of the study by 2011. This research would also assess the viability of further study of the contamination.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal impact
This legislation provides the opportunity for the Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct the study with existing staff.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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