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History
- Substituted by A7905
- Ordered to third reading cal.1506
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Adds certain lands in the Carmans River Watershed to the Central Pine Barrens Area and the Core Preservation Area; repealer
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Robert Sweeney
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5727
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the addition of certain lands in the Carmans River Watershed to the Central Pine Barrens Area and the Core Preservation Area; to repeal chapter 538 of the laws of 2011 amending the environmental conservation law relating to the addition of certain lands within the Carmans River Watershed to the core preservation area of the Central Pine Barrens, relating thereto; and to repeal certain provisions of the environmental conservation law relating thereto
Purpose
To expand the Central Pine Barrens area and Core preservation area and provide additional protection for the Carmans River Watershed.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Includes legislative findings that the expansion of the Central Pine Barrens area and Core preservation area will increase protection for the Carmans River and its watershed and benefit the State economy.
Section 2. Repeals subdivisions (10) and (11) of Section 57-0107 of the Environmental Conservation Law This section also adds two new subdivisions, (10) and (11), that describe and bound a new contiguous area of the "Central Pine Barrens area" and "Core preservation area".
Section 3 Repeals Chapter 538 of the Laws of 2011.
Section 4 Contains a severability clause
Section 5. Sets for the effective date.
Justification
The Carmans River is one of the most pristine rivers on Long Island. A Pine Barrens river, it flows ten miles south from Middle Island in the Town of Brookhaven to Great South Bay. Federal, state, county and town property has been preserved to protect its critical habitat. In order to protect the watershed from contamination from groundwater which would result if the land under development pressure were not protected, a plan is being implemented to protect those parcels of land which lie between and connect with already protected parcels. The Pine Barrens Protection Act of 1993 has successfully protected tens of thousands of acres in the Long Island Pine Barrens, so the protection afforded by inclusion of parcels from within the Carmans River watershed under provisions of the Pine Barrens Protection Act will extend the Act's protection to this environmentally sensitive, natural resource.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding enactment on which it shall have become a law provided that if this act removes any of the lands of the Central Pine Barrens area or the Core preservation area as such lands are described in
Chapter 286 of the Laws of 1998, this act shall be deemed repealed and of no force and effect
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