Bill Text: NY A04066 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation to create a road salt applicator training program, which shall include, but not be limited to training materials regarding the environmental and human health impacts of road salt and a plan of action for the reduction or elimination of sodium chloride pollution in environmentally sensitive areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A04066 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04066-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4066

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law, in relation to creating a road
          salt applicator training program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
     2  23 to read as follows:
     3    § 23. Road salt applicator training program. 1. (a) The  commissioner,
     4  in consultation with the commissioner of the department of environmental
     5  conservation,  shall create a road salt applicator training program that
     6  shall include, but not be limited to:
     7    (i) Training materials regarding the environmental  and  human  health
     8  impacts of road salt;
     9    (ii)  Best  practices for the application of sodium chloride to roads,
    10  parking lots, and sidewalks;
    11    (iii) Use of state of the art equipment for snow and ice removal;
    12    (iv) Use of monitoring technologies for annual reporting of road  salt
    13  use by location;
    14    (v)  A plan of action for the reduction or elimination of sodium chlo-
    15  ride pollution in environmentally sensitive areas;
    16    (vi) A verification process for  assuring  best  practices  are  being
    17  implemented and will continue to be implemented;
    18    (vii) The use of road salt alternatives; and
    19    (viii)  A  process  for certification of trained and approved applica-
    20  tors, including particular locations for such training  program,  and  a
    21  time period within which to complete continuing training requirements.
    22    (b) In creating the road salt applicator training program, the commis-
    23  sioner  shall  use  best  efforts  to  consult with current programs and
    24  research being conducted in the state such as those  undertaken  by  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01730-01-1
        A. 4066                             2

     1  Fund  for  Lake  George,  the  Cary  Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and
     2  Cornell University.
     3    2.  The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the the governor, the
     4  temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
     5  chair  of  the  senate committee on transportation, and the chair of the
     6  assembly committee on transportation, on or before December  first,  two
     7  thousand  twenty-two,  a  report  containing  the  road  salt applicator
     8  program findings and recommendations that include, but are  not  limited
     9  to:
    10    (a)  Recommendations  for  conducting  the  training program by agency
    11  staff or a private contractor;
    12    (b) Findings regarding the appropriateness of limited liability relief
    13  for certified applicators;
    14    (c) Recommendations regarding funding options or assistance to locali-
    15  ties for purchase of state of the art equipment;
    16    (d) Findings, using existing data and information, regarding locations
    17  in the state where road salt contamination may be a threat to the  envi-
    18  ronment, property or human health;
    19    (e)  Findings  regarding  the use of similar programs in other states,
    20  such as Rhode Island and Minnesota;
    21    (f) Recommendations regarding a timeline  for  implementation  of  the
    22  road salt applicator training program; and
    23    (g) Findings regarding costs associated with conducting such program.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.