Bill Text: NY A00064 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of environmental conservation to update any forms or documentation prepared by such department which are designed to assist applicants and lead agencies in determining whether certain projects or actions have a significant effect on the environment; provides such updates shall ensure the consideration of changes in science and emerging issues in environmental protection including impacts to sensitive populations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A00064 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00064-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          64
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, ORTIZ, GALEF, DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored
         by  --  M. of A.  CLARK, COLTON, HOOPER, LIFTON, PERRY, RIVERA, WRIGHT
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
         tion
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         updates of the model environmental impact assessment form
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (l)  of subdivision 2 of section 8-0113 of the
    2  environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 252 of the  laws  of
    3  1977, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (l)  A  model  assessment form to be used during the initial review to
    5  assist an agency in CARRYING OUT its responsibilities AND  DUTIES  under
    6  this  article.   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERIODICALLY UPDATE THE FORM WHICH
    7  SHALL BE DESIGNED TO ASSIST APPLICANTS AND LEAD AGENCIES IN  DETERMINING
    8  WHETHER  A  PROPOSED  PROJECT OR ACTION MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON
    9  THE ENVIRONMENT. SUCH UPDATES SHALL ENSURE THE CONSIDERATION OF  CHANGES
   10  AND  EMERGING  ISSUES  IN  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION,  INCLUDING BUT NOT
   11  LIMITED TO, IMPACTS ON SENSITIVE POPULATIONS, SUCH AS CHILDREN.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   13  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00104-01-5