Bill Text: NY A08747 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the study on the quality of life and human health impacts at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - substituted by s7732 [A08747 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08747-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8747

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2022
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 directing  the  department
          of environmental conservation and other state departments and agencies
          to  conduct a study on the quality of life and human health impacts at
          John F.  Kennedy  international  airport  and  LaGuardia  airport,  as
          proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  966-B and A. 2140-B, in
          relation to the study on the quality of life and human health  impacts
          at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport

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

     1    Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of  2021  directing  the
     2  department of environmental conservation and other state departments and
     3  agencies  to  conduct  a  study  on the quality of life and human health
     4  impacts at John F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia  airport,
     5  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers S. 966-B and A. 2140-B, is
     6  amended to read as follows:
     7    Section 1. [The] To the extent practicable under and  consistent  with
     8  state  and  federal  law, the department of [environmental conservation]
     9  health, [with the assistance of] in consultation with the department  of
    10  [health]  environmental  conservation, the department of transportation,
    11  and any other state  agencies  the  governor  deems  appropriate,  shall
    12  conduct  a  study  describing  the  [environmental,]  noise[,] and human
    13  health impacts, including  asthma,  caused  by  runways,  including  new
    14  runways,  and  air  traffic at John F. Kennedy international airport and
    15  LaGuardia airport. In conducting this study, such departments and  state
    16  agencies  shall monitor actual noise levels experienced in 2022 and 2023
    17  and shall pay particular attention to the impact of noise pollution [and
    18  air pollution including but not limited to  volatile  organic  compounds
    19  and  nitrogen  dioxide,  particulate matter 2.5, ultrafine particulates,
    20  black carbon,] and fluids by aircraft, and similar factors on the quali-
    21  ty of life and health of persons who live under and adjacent  to  flight
    22  paths  used  by  aircraft  at  John F. Kennedy international airport and
    23  LaGuardia airport.  [Funding to conduct this study may include  $500,000

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03797-10-2
        A. 8747                             2

     1  appropriated  in  chapter 54 of the laws of 2021 for such purposes.] The
     2  department of [environmental conservation] health shall deliver a  writ-
     3  ten  report  of  its findings, which shall include all raw and aggregate
     4  data,  and any recommendations to the governor and the legislature on or
     5  before March 31, 2024.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
     7  manner  as  a  chapter  of the laws of 2021, directing the department of
     8  environmental conservation and other state departments and  agencies  to
     9  conduct  a study on the quality of life and human health impacts at John
    10  F. Kennedy international airport and LaGuardia airport, as  proposed  in
    11  legislative bills numbers S. 966-B and A. 2140-B, takes effect.