What's happening
This bill requires municipal approval before mining can occur in areas zoned as residential neighborhoods in New York.
Why it matters
Empowers Local Communities. The bill gives cities, towns, and villages direct control over whether mining can occur in residentially-zoned neighborhoods, allowing local boards to protect community character and residents’ quality of life.
Increases Accountability for Mining Operators. By requiring municipal approval, mining companies must address local concerns—such as noise, dust, traffic, and environmental impact—rather than relying solely on state-level permissions.
Potentially Slows or Prevents Mining Expansion. Residential zoning is common in areas where people live, so this law could make it significantly harder for mining operations to expand or begin in those places, possibly preserving property values and public health.
Shifts Balance of Power. The amendment curtails state preemption in mining regulation, signaling a move toward greater local oversight in land use decisions and environmental protection.
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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8835
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 22, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring municipal approval of mining in residential neighborhoods
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 23-2711 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. After September first, two thousand eighteen, any person who mines or proposes to mine from a mine site in an area zoned residential by the municipality in which the mine is located shall not engage in such mining unless such person has obtained approval of such mining from the governing board of such municipality.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13819-01-7
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