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This bill adds Baldwin Lake, Ossi Lake, and Purdys Lake to New York's designated inland waterways for waterfront revitalization.
Why it matters
Expanding eligibility for state waterfront revitalization funds and programs. By adding Baldwin Lake, Ossi Lake, and Purdys Lake to the list of designated inland waterways, this bill makes these lakes and their communities eligible for state grants, technical assistance, and planning resources aimed at environmental improvement, recreation, and economic development.
Potential for increased local investment and tourism. Designation can attract public and private investment in infrastructure, recreation, and tourism-related projects, potentially boosting local economies and property values in the areas surrounding these lakes.
Enhanced environmental protections and planning. Inclusion in the inland waterways program often brings more coordinated management, stronger conservation measures, and improved stewardship of water quality and shoreline habitats.
Community engagement and long-term vision. The process typically involves local governments and citizens in creating and implementing a waterfront revitalization plan, fostering greater community involvement in shaping the future of these lake areas.
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History
- Signed chap.433
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.395
- Substituted for A7123A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Advanced to third reading
- Amended (t) 4735a
- 2nd report cal.
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- 1st report cal.1275
- Referred to finance
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Add Lakes to Revitalization List
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kevin M. Byrne
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4735--A Cal. No. 1275
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 27, 2017
Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating Baldwin lake, Ossi lake and Purdys lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 113, 193, 196 and 216 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(a) the state's major inland lakes consisting of lakes Baldwin, Ballston, Big Tupper, Black, Campfire, Canadarago, Canandaigua, Cayuga, Champlain, Charles, Chateaugay, Chautauqua, Conesus, Cranberry, Echo (in the county of Westchester), George, Glencoma, Great Sacandaga, Honeoye, Indian, Keuka, Little Wolf (in the county of Franklin), Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the county of Putnam), Mirror, MacGregor, Mahopac, Oneida, Onondaga, Ossi, Otisco, Otsego, Owasco, Peach, Placid, Purdys, Putnam, Raquette, Ronkonkoma, Sacandaga, Saratoga, Schroon, Secor, Seneca, Shenorock, Skaneateles, Silver (in the county of Wyoming), Saranac and Tonetta, Teakettle Spout and Wixon, Simon (in the county of Franklin) and the Fulton chain of lakes;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10257-03-7
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to designating Baldwin lake, Ossi lake and Purdys lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization
Purpose
Designates Baldwin Lake, Ossi Lake and Purdys Lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 911 of the executive law, regarding the definition of "inland waterways" by adding Baldwin Lake, Ossi Lake and Purdys Lake.
Section two establishes the effective date.
Justification
As the Westchester County Department of Planning noted in its Comprehensive Croton Watershed Water Quality Protection Plan, "from the water we drink to the water we swim in, it's the community's responsibility to protect this precious resource." The state's coastal and inland waterway program includes 47 policies, which communities that are home to an inland waterway can adopt as part of a local waterfront revitalization plan for the purposes of protecting these precious resources.
The 1997 Croton Watershed Memorandum of Agreement between New York State, New York City, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), county and local governments and environmental organizations sets forth "policies, regulations and watershed protection programs that include land acquisition and partnership initiatives to protect the water quality of New York City's vast public drinking water supply watershed while accommodating environmentally sensitive economic growth."
Located within the Croton River watershed, the Muscoot River sub-watershed area of the Amawalk Watershed Basin was identified in the Croton Watershed South Stakeholder Report (Bureau of Water Supply, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, May 2004) as an area suspected to be of concern regarding pathogens, total suspended solids and total phosphorus. This was confirmed during past 303(d) monitoring by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. The Amawalk Reservoir is formed by the damming of the river, and is a major source of New York City's drinking water supply.
Only one-third of the basin's 12,578 acres are in Westchester, with the headwaters located in Putnam County, near the Baldwin Place commercial area. Several lake front communities are also located within the basin including Lake Purdys and Lake Baldwin. DEC's Lower Hudson River Basin Waterbody Inventory/Priority Waterbodies List for the Croton River watershed finds that the Muscoot River's lower section near Baldwin Place is priority impaired as a water supply, for public bathing, aquatic life and recreation. Pollutants include oxygen demand, ammonia, pathogens and municipal stormwater run-off. The town of Somers stormwater management program identified the residential area surrounding nearby Lake Purdys as areas with runoff and with potential septic system problems.
Lake Ossi, headwaters of the Peekskill Hollow Creek, has tributaries that originate as outflows from the Amawalk Watershed Basin. The WITPWL for Peekskill Hollow Creek-Hudson River watershed identifies as
Lake Ossi as impaired due to minor impacts from nutrient loadings from nonpoint sources resulting in algal growth and eutrophic conditions.
By designating these lakes and river as inland waterways, the municipalities in the watershed will be able to align their use with the State's Coastal and Inland Waterway Policies, and will be able to pursue our shared goals of improved water quality, preservation of open space and wildlife habitat, promotion of tourism and economic development opportunities, as well as combating threats to the waterways such as pollution, stormwater run-off and invasive species.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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