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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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BILL NUMBER:S4087
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to a moratorium on the renewal of permits to drill in the Lloyd Sands in Kings and Queens counties
Purpose
To lift the moratorium to allow drilling into the Lloyd Sands to occur in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill amends Section 15-1528 of the Environmental Conservation Law. Subdivision 2 of section 15-1528 of the Environmental Conservation Law is amended to create paragraph (a) and a new paragraph (b) to provide a moratorium that will be established on the granting of renewal permits to drill public water supply, private water supply or industrial wells into the Lloyd Sands or to permit with-drawals of water from the Lloyd Sands or to permit the storage or pumping of water into the Lloyd Sands in Kings and Queens counties.
Subdivisions 3 and 4 of Section 15-1528 of the Environmental Conserva- tion Law is amended to add the language "on the granting of....new permits for Nassau and Suffolk counties" to reflect the moratorium lift- ed on granting new permits for Nassau and Suffolk counties, and to provide that the commissioner may grant exemptions for Nassau and Suffolk counties in relation to the moratorium if there is a finding of just cause and extreme hardship.
Section 2 of this bill provides that this act shall take effect imme- diately.
Existing law
Currently the law does not provide for the moratorium to be lifted for Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Justification
The Lloyd Sands Aquifer is one of the most important and pristine bodies of water in New York State. It is critical that this natural resource be protected for future generations. However, we must balance that with the needs of the people of Nassau and Suffolk counties for clean water. The lifting of the moratorium on granting permits specifically for Nassau and Suffolk counties for drilling into the Lloyd Sands Aquifer will achieve this end and help to provide more clean water for these two counties in need.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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