Bill Text: NY A00224 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study relating to airborne ultrafine particles; analyzes the impacts of certain large hub commercial airports on airborne ultrafine particles; analyzes the characteristics of such particles; identifies effectiveness of mitigation measures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to transportation [A00224 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00224-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           224

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, COOK, WOERNER, PEOPLES-STOKES, HYND-
          MAN, TAYLOR -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study
          relating to airborne ultrafine particles

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "Protect New York Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act".
     3    § 2. 1. Definitions. a. For the purpose of  this  section,  "ultrafine
     4  particles"  "UFP"  and  "UFP's" shall mean particles with diameters less
     5  than or equal to 100 nanometers.
     6    2. Airborne ultrafine particle study. The commissioner of  transporta-
     7  tion  shall  conduct  a  study  relating to airborne ultrafine particles
     8  ("UFP's"). The scope of such study shall include:
     9    (a) summarizing the relevant literature and studies done  on  airborne
    10  UFP's worldwide;
    11    (b)  analyzing the impacts of certain large hub commercial airports on
    12  airborne UFP's, including, but not limited to:
    13    (i) John F. Kennedy International Airport;
    14    (ii) LaGuardia Airport;
    15    (iii) Buffalo Niagara International Airport;
    16    (iv) Syracuse Hancock International Airport;
    17    (v) Greater Rochester International Airport;
    18    (vi) Albany International Airport; and
    19    (vii) any other metropolitan  large  hub  airport  identified  by  the
    20  commissioner of transportation.
    21    (c) investigating the characteristics of airborne UFP's, including but
    22  not limited to:
    23    (i) the spatial and temporal distributions of UFP concentrations;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00829-01-5
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     1    (ii) the primary sources of UFP's;
     2    (iii) the extent to which aircraft and airport operations are contrib-
     3  uting  to  the distribution of UFP concentrations when compared to other
     4  sources;
     5    (iv) the potential health effects associated with elevated  UFP  expo-
     6  sure,  including  heart and lung diseases, asthma, nervous system disor-
     7  ders and other health effects that  have  been  considered  in  previous
     8  studies; and
     9    (v) the potential UFP exposure by susceptible and vulnerable groups.
    10    (d)  identifying  measures,  including the use of sustainable aviation
    11  fuels, intended to reduce emissions from aircraft and airport operations
    12  and to assess potential impacts on UFP-related emissions; and
    13    (e)  identifying  information  gaps  related  to   understanding   the
    14  relationships  between UFP exposure and health effects, contributions of
    15  aviation-related emissions to UFP  exposure  and  the  effectiveness  of
    16  mitigation measures.
    17    3.  Coordination.  The commissioner of transportation shall coordinate
    18  with the commissioner of environmental conservation, the commissioner of
    19  health and any other agency the  commissioner  of  transportation  deems
    20  appropriate  to  provide  data  and  other assistance necessary for such
    21  study.
    22    4. Report. The commissioner shall submit a report including  recommen-
    23  dations  and findings based on this study to the governor, the temporary
    24  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly  no  later  than
    25  two years after the effective date of this act.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.