Bill Text: NY S03392 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 3392 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to the filling of the Jamaica Bay borrow pits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - SIGNED CHAP.288 [S03392 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03392-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3392--A
           Cal. No. 1068
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens. ADDABBO, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
         Conservation  -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
         vation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported  favorably
         from  said  committee  and  committed  to  the Committee on Finance --
         reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second
         report,  amended  on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to
         be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in  the  order  of  third
         reading
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
         filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay; 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.  Legislative intent. Due to the increase in vessel size in
    2  recent years, New York State waterways such as channels, berthing  areas
    3  and  harbors are being excavated in a process known as dredging to main-
    4  tain sufficient depth for safe and efficient vessel operation.
    5    Dredged material  is  naturally  accumulated  sediment,  much  of  the
    6  dredged  material  does  contain  some  contaminants  at varying concen-
    7  trations.
    8    Jamaica Bay was dredged to supply soil for a  number  of  construction
    9  projects.  This  process  created  borrow pits in the bay.  These borrow
   10  pits have been identified as an attractive alternative for the disposing
   11  of dredge material.
   12    S 2. Section 15-0505 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
   13  by adding an new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   14    3-A.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  ONLY  GRANT A PERMIT FOR THE FILING OF THE
   15  JAMAICA BAY BORROW PITS IF THE PROPOSED SEDIMENTS AND FILL MATERIALS:
   16    (1) HAVE BEEN TESTED AND THE TEST RESULTS ARE IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
   17  REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH IN THE DEPARTMENT'S TECHNICAL OPERATIONAL GUID-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00026-02-4
       S. 3392--A                          2
    1  ANCE SERIES 5.1.9 FOR THE IN WATER MANAGEMENT  OF  SEDIMENT  AND  DREDGE
    2  MATERIAL; AND
    3    (2) MEET THE DEPARTMENT'S CLASS A CRITERIA.
    4    S  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    5  deemed repealed June 30, 2017.