Bill Sponsors: NY A00730 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Requires the department of environmental conservation to require, as a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a major facility license, the submission of satisfactory evidence that the applicant has implemented, or is in the process of implementing, state and federal plans and regulations for the prompt detection of petroleum discharges; requires applicants for a major facility license to submit information, in form satisfactory to the commissioner, describing the equipment used at the facility to promptly detect petroleum discharges; requires major facilities to install equipment to promptly detect discharges of petroleum from a tank and any connected petroleum pipelines within one year of effective date; defines "prompt detection".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-01 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [A00730 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Assemblymember Joseph Lentol [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-050FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Steven Otis [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-091FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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