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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1615
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Provides for the reimbursement of costs of the New York environmental protection and spill compensation fund in the department of audit and control
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor William Colton
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BILL NUMBER:S5378
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the reimbursement of costs to the New York environmental protection and spill compensation fund
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to provide for reimbursement to the New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund (the "Oil Spill Fund") for costs related to cleanup of damage caused by a waste tire fire and to include the Oil Spill Fund in the Department of Audit and Control in the listing of those agencies cooperating with the Department of Environmental Conservation in relation to the Waste Tire Management and Recycling Act of 2003.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 27-1903 of the Environmental Conservation Law to include the Office of the State Comptroller, Department of Audit and Control, in the listing of agencies the Department of Environmental Conservation must cooperate and consult with when implementing waste tire management programs.
Section 2 adds a new subdivision 2 to section 27-1915 of the Environmental Conservation Law to provide for reimbursement of costs to the Oil Spill Fund for the following: (a) cleanup of petroleum contamination resulting from any waste tire fire; (b) any damage claim paid by the Oil Spill Fund as a result of any waste tire fire; and (c) all other direct or indirect costs related to the remediation of petroleum contamination resulting from any waste tire fire.
Section 3 provides for an immediate effective date and is deemed to have been in effect as of May 15, 2003.
Discussion
Pursuant to Navigation Law article 12, the Oil Spill Fund pays for the cleanup and removal of petroleum spills conducted under the direction of the Department of Environmental Conservation. As it is estimated that every tire contains, on the average, three to four gallons of petroleum, and as the discharge that can result from the burning of tires is a petroleum product, the fund must pay for the cleanup and removal of such contamination. Typically, petroleum contamination from the burning of tires is very costly to remediate, and, in the absence of a responsible party to reimburse the Oil Spill Fund for the cost of the cleanup, the fund must write off this expense. This bill will allow the Oil Spill Fund to recoup its expenditures for cleaning up any petroleum by-products associated with the burning of tires.
Prior legislative history
2013-14: A.1684/EnCon 2011-12: A.991/Encon 2009-10: A.1574/Encon 2007-08: A.3316/Encon 2005-06, A4794/Encon 2004: A.11474/Passed
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and is deemed to have been in effect as of May 15, 2003.
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