Bill Text: NY A09316 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the marine electric propulsion health and environmental impact program to provide education, advocacy and increased awareness of the environmental and health impacts of marine electric propulsion systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - held for consideration in transportation [A09316 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09316-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9316

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 23, 2022
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the navigation law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
          marine electric propulsion health and environmental impact program

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

     1    Section 1. The navigation law is amended by adding a new section  76-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  76-a.  Marine  electric  propulsion health and environmental impact
     4  program. 1. For the purposes of this section  "marine  electric  propul-
     5  sion"  shall  mean  all mechanical, electrical and physical aspects of a
     6  powertrain consisting of an electric  motor  powered  by  a  lithium-ion
     7  battery  or bank of batteries, which functions as the primary propulsion
     8  system of a boat or personal watercraft.
     9    2. The commissioner, in consultation with the national  transportation
    10  safety  board,  the  commissioner  of environmental conservation and the
    11  commissioner of health, shall establish and implement a marine  electric
    12  propulsion environmental and health impact program within the office.
    13    3. Such program shall provide education, advocacy and increased aware-
    14  ness  of the environmental and health impacts of marine electric propul-
    15  sion systems. Such environmental and health impacts shall  include,  but
    16  shall not be limited to:
    17    (a) the release of environmental contaminants from marine-rated lithi-
    18  um-ion  battery  cells  in the event of a loss of battery integrity, and
    19  their environmental and health effects;
    20    (b) impacts associated with the decomposition of  lithium-ion  battery
    21  components,  particularly in cases of battery immersion in both salt and
    22  fresh water;
    23    (c) various risks of electrocution, especially electric  shock  drown-
    24  ing;
    25    (d)  safety requirements for the mooring, launch and recovery of elec-
    26  tric boats at New York state parks, shorelines, inland waterways and any
    27  other locations where boats and personal watercraft are commonly handled
    28  or moored;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13030-02-1
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     1    (e) specific fire risks associated with lithium-ion battery combustion
     2  in the event  of  water-borne  collisions,  vehicular  collisions  while
     3  trailering, or short-circuits; and
     4    (f)  any  other  event  which might result in a negative impact to the
     5  battery within three hundred feet of a shoreline, dock,  ramp,  pier  or
     6  any other mooring point where swimmers might be present.
     7    4. The office shall create a fact sheet containing information regard-
     8  ing  the  environmental and health impacts of marine electric propulsion
     9  systems pursuant to subdivision three of this section. Such  fact  sheet
    10  shall be distributed upon the successful completion of an approved boat-
    11  ing  safety  course pursuant to section seventy-five of this part. Addi-
    12  tionally, the office shall distribute or otherwise make such information
    13  available at any other locations and in any such manner the commissioner
    14  deems necessary or advisable.
    15    5. The office shall promulgate  such  rules  and  regulations  as  are
    16  necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.