What's happening
This bill allows New York to set environmental and safety guidelines, including tanker-avoidance zones, for petroleum vessels on the Hudson River.
Why it matters
Empowers New York State to proactively set safety and environmental standards. for petroleum-bearing vessels, potentially reducing risks of oil spills and accidents that could harm the Hudson River’s ecosystem and nearby communities.
Allows for the creation of “tanker-avoidance zones”. areas where petroleum vessels would be prohibited except in emergencies. This means sensitive habitats, waterfront communities, and environmental justice areas could receive special protection from the dangers associated with oil transport.
Requires collaboration among multiple stakeholders. , including the U.S. Coast Guard, state agencies, river pilots, and impacted communities, ensuring that local knowledge and community needs help shape vessel regulations and planning.
Mandates a formal report to state leaders on vessel management strategies and pending federal actions,. which could influence future state and federal policy alignments and provide the public with greater transparency on efforts to protect the Hudson River.
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Limit Oil Tankers on Hudson
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Sponsors
35 Co-sponsors
- Shelley Mayer
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- Thomas Abinanti
- J. Gary Pretlow
- William Colton
- James Skoufis
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Deborah Glick
- Anthony D'Urso
- Yuh-Line Niou
- Sandy Galef
- David Buchwald
- Kevin Cahill
- Richard Gottfried
- Jo Anne Simon
- Phil Steck
- Steven Otis
- Donna Lupardo
- Patricia Fahy
- Aileen Gunther
- Linda Rosenthal
- Pamela Harris
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- Addie Jenne
- Frank Skartados
- Amy Paulin
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Robert C. Carroll
- Barbara Lifton
- Michael Blake
- Walter T. Mosley
- Fred Thiele
- Nily Rozic
- Dan Quart
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Signed chap.351
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- 3rd reading cal.2210
- Substituted for S5197B
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.390
- Rules report cal.390
- Reported
Show 5 earlier actions
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 6825a
- Amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
Companion bill
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Limit Oil Ships on Hudson
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Susan Serino
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6825--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 21, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, MAYER, JAFFEE, ABINANTI, PRETLOW, COLTON, SKOUFIS, ZEBROWSKI, GLICK, D'URSO, NIOU, GALEF, BUCHWALD, CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, STECK, OTIS, LUPARDO, FAHY, GUNTHER, ROSEN- THAL, HARRIS, SEPULVEDA, JENNE, SKARTADOS, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to consideration of environmental conditions when permitting petroleum-bearing vessels to operate on the Hudson River
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The navigation law is amended by adding a new section 70-a to read as follows:
§ 70-a. Minimum conditions for petroleum-bearing vessels on the Hudson river; tanker-avoidance zones. 1. The commissioner of environmental conservation in consultation with the United States Coast Guard, the board of commissioners of pilots, the department of state, at least one licensed Hudson river pilot and appropriate officials of any state which might be affected, may establish guidelines setting forth:
(a) the minimum conditions under which petroleum-bearing vessels as defined in section one hundred seventy-two of this chapter may enter or move upon the navigable waters of the Hudson river. Such conditions may include, but not be limited to: (i) visibility; (ii) the tide and wind conditions; and (iii) weather;
(b) the minimum conditions under which petroleum-bearing vessels may enter or leave any major facility, port or harbor along the Hudson river. Such conditions may include, but are not be limited to: (i) visibility; (ii) the tide and wind conditions; and (iii) weather;
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(c) the establishment of tanker-avoidance zones, where it shall be unlawful for petroleum-bearing vessels as defined in section one hundred seventy-two of this chapter, to enter, move or anchor upon the navigable waters of the Hudson river, except in cases of great emergency. Such tanker-avoidance zones may be based upon physical and environmental conditions which may include, but are not limited to: (i) navigational hazards; (ii) environmental conditions; (iii) the existence of designated significant coastal fish and wildlife habitats; (iv) proximity to waterfront communities; (v) disproportionate impacts on communities; and (vi) federally or state identified environmental remediation sites; and may consider an affected community's waterfront revitalization plan or comprehensive plan and the environmental justice communities impacts.
2. The commissioner of environmental conservation following consultation with the United States Coast Guard, the board of commissioners of pilots, the department of state, the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, at least one licensed Hudson river pilot and appropriate officials of any state which might be affected, shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this section regarding recommendations on plans, policies and programs affecting petroleum-bearing vessels on the navigable waters of the Hudson river, as well as on any proposed rulemaking from the United States Coast Guard which would impact the Hudson river.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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