Bill Text: NY A02755 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires owners and operators of petroleum bulk storage facilities located in cities of one million or more to undertake comprehensive accident prevention plans for the prevention of spills and leaks of petroleum; further requires such owners or operators to hire an independent company to quarterly audit the implementation of such plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A02755 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02755-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2755
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          comprehensive accident prevention planning by and auditing of petrole-
          um bulk storage facilities in cities with a population of one  million
          or more
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 17-1006 to read as follows:
     3  § 17-1006. Comprehensive accident prevention in cities with a population
     4               of one million or more.
     5    Every  owner  or operator of a facility, as defined in subdivision one
     6  of section 17-1003 of this title, located within a  city  with  a  popu-
     7  lation  of  one  million  or more shall undertake comprehensive accident
     8  prevention planning for the prevention of spills and leaks of petroleum,
     9  and shall hire an independent company to audit, on  a  quarterly  basis,
    10  the  implementation by such owner or operator of the hazard control plan
    11  adopted for such facility.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law; provided, however effective immediately  the
    14  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  may  promulgate rules and
    15  regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act prior  to
    16  such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02337-01-9