What's happening
This bill requires municipal approval before mining can occur in residentially zoned areas in New York State.
Why it matters
Empowers Local Communities. By requiring municipal approval, the bill gives towns and cities more control over whether mining can occur near homes, potentially allowing residents to have a stronger voice in decisions that affect their neighborhoods.
Protects Residential Quality of Life. Mining operations can bring noise, dust, traffic, and environmental risks; this bill allows local governments to prevent these impacts in areas specifically zoned for residential use.
Shifts Regulatory Balance. Previously, state-level decisions often overrode local zoning concerns regarding mining. This amendment shifts some regulatory power from the state to the municipal level, setting a precedent for local involvement in land-use decisions.
Could Influence Future Development and Property Values. By making mining more difficult in residential zones, the bill may help stabilize or increase property values and influence how land near neighborhoods is used in the future.
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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8865
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 18, 2019
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 twenty, 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.
LBD14272-01-9
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