Bill Text: NY S05564 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Implements a moratorium on mining within certain special groundwater protection areas where either the department of environmental conservation or a county health department has issued a written determination to the owner or operator of the mine that operation of the mine has caused or is contributing to one or more exceedances of state or federal maximum contaminant level applicable to drinking water or groundwater resources.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S05564 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05564-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5564 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT in relation to implementing a moratorium on mining within certain special groundwater protection areas where either the department of environmental conservation or a county health department has issued a written determination to the owner or operator of the mine that opera- tion of the mine has caused or is contributing to one or more excee- dances of state or federal maximum contaminant level applicable to drinking water or groundwater resources; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. No person shall operate a mine within a special groundwater 2 protection area, designated pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 55-0113 3 of the environmental conservation law, and permitted by the department 4 of environmental conservation, where either the department of environ- 5 mental conservation or a county health department has issued a written 6 determination to the owner or operator of the mine that operation of the 7 mine has caused or is contributing to one or more exceedances of state 8 or federal maximum contaminant level applicable to drinking water or 9 groundwater resources. Cessation of mining operations as required by 10 this section shall commence within 24 hours of receipt by the mine owner 11 or operator of such written determination. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 13 deemed repealed 3 years after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07201-01-1
