Bill Text: NY A10655 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of health and other state departments and agencies to conduct a study on the quality of life and human health impacts of Westchester County airport; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-17 - referred to environmental conservation [A10655 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10655-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10655

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 17, 2020
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        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Abinanti) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  direct the department of health and other state departments
          and agencies to conduct a study on  the  quality  of  life  and  human
          health  impacts  of  Westchester  County airport; and provides for the
          repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

     1    Section  1.  The  department  of  health,  with  the assistance of the
     2  department of environmental conservation, the department of  transporta-
     3  tion, and any other state agencies the Governor deems appropriate, shall
     4  conduct  a  study  describing the environmental, noise, and human health
     5  impacts caused by runways, including new runways,  and  air  traffic  at
     6  Westchester  County  airport. In conducting this study, such departments
     7  and state agencies shall monitor  actual  noise  levels  experienced  in
     8  2021,  2022 and 2023 and shall pay particular attention to the impact of
     9  air pollution, noise pollution, the emission  of  gases  and  fluids  by
    10  aircraft,  and  similar  factors  on  the  quality of life and health of
    11  persons who live adjacent to flight paths used by aircraft at  Westches-
    12  ter  County  airport.  The  department of health shall deliver a written
    13  report of its findings to the Governor and the Legislature on or  before
    14  March 31, 2024.
    15    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    16  deemed repealed thirty days after the delivery  of  the  report  to  the
    17  Governor and the Legislature as provided in section one of this act.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16707-01-0