What's happening
This bill requires the state to promptly notify local officials and potentially affected landowners when a petroleum discharge occurs.
Why it matters
Quicker public awareness of environmental hazards. By mandating the state to notify local officials and potentially affected landowners right after a petroleum spill, the bill ensures those most at risk are informed promptly, enabling them to take protective or remedial actions sooner.
Increased transparency and accountability. The requirement for immediate notification to municipal leaders and nearby property owners builds public trust in government response and holds both state agencies and responsible parties more accountable for timely communication.
Improved protection of public health and property. Early notice to those with potentially impacted drinking water or land means residents can avoid exposure, prevent further contamination, and safeguard their property, potentially reducing long-term health and financial consequences.
Potential for faster local response and remediation efforts. Local officials, once notified, can mobilize emergency services, notify additional residents, and coordinate cleanup or containment efforts more rapidly, minimizing the overall impact of the discharge.
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Notify Landowners of Oil Spills
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2439
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO -- 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.
LBD06881-01-9
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