What's happening
This bill requires the state to immediately notify local officials and potentially affected landowners after a petroleum discharge.
Why it matters
Improves transparency and public awareness. by ensuring that local officials and potentially affected landowners are notified right away when a petroleum spill occurs, not just after the fact or through indirect channels.
Enables faster local response and protective actions. by alerting municipal leaders and nearby residents immediately, the bill gives them a chance to take quick steps to protect health, property, and water supplies.
Holds the state accountable for communication. the new language requires the state Department of Environmental Conservation to proactively reach out, rather than relying on local discovery or word of mouth, closing gaps that could leave people uninformed about environmental hazards.
Addresses both immediate and potential impacts. by mandating notification not only for those directly adjacent to the spill, but also for anyone whose property or drinking water could possibly be affected, broadening the scope of who receives crucial information.
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Notify Landowners of Oil Spills
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History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Notify Landowners of Oil Spills
In Senate Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Phil Boyle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1493
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, CYMBROWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to notification of petroleum discharge
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 175 of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
§ 175. Notification by persons responsible for discharge. 1. Any person responsible for causing a discharge shall immediately notify the department pursuant to rules and regulations established by the department, but in no case later than two hours after the discharge. Failure to so notify shall make persons liable to the penalty provisions of section [192] one hundred ninety-two of this article. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, such notification to the department shall be deemed to fulfill the notification requirements of any other state or local law.
2. Upon notification of a discharge, pursuant to subdivision one of this section, the department shall immediately notify the municipal chief executive, all landowners or tenants adjacent to the site of the discharge and/or any nearby landowners or tenants whose property or drinking water supply may be potentially impacted by such discharge.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05449-01-7
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