Bill Text: NY S02500 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a study of animals life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-07 - referred to environmental conservation [S02500 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02500-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2500 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 24, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loef- fel Hazardous Waste Site THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 49-0103 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. SUPERVISE AND/OR CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE MARINE, AMPHIBIAN AND 4 MAMMALS INHABITING THE AREA KNOWN AS THE DEWEY LOEFFEL HAZARDOUS WASTE 5 SITE AND THE ENVIRONS OF NASSAU LAKE, RENSSELAER COUNTY, FOR THE PURPOSE 6 OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENCE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES INCLUDING BUT 7 NOT LIMITED TO POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAM- 8 INANTS IN SUCH WILDLIFE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 9 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, PREPARE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE 10 LEGISLATURE OUTLINING THE SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY AND ASSESSING 11 THE VIABILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIMILAR STUDY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE 12 THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01433-01-1