Bill Text: NY A00468 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation and the commissioner of the New York city department of environmental conservation to review the west of Hudson River New York city drinking water supply system program and make recommendations to alleviate the threat of flooding in certain areas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to environmental conservation [A00468 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A00468-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, P. LOPEZ, CAHILL, SPANO -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN, CROUCH, MOLINARO, PHEFFER -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
reviewing the west of Hudson River New York city drinking water supply
system program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 15-0809 to read as follows:
3 S 15-0809. STUDIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALLEVIATE THE THREAT OF FLOOD-
4 ING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
5 1. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPART-
6 MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, IN CONSULTATION WITH WATER MANAGEMENT
7 EXPERTS FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE UNITED
8 STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND
9 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND RECLAMATION,
10 SHALL REVIEW THE WEST OF HUDSON RIVER NEW YORK CITY DRINKING WATER
11 SUPPLY SYSTEM PROGRAM AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO STRATEGIES THAT
12 COULD POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE THE THREAT OF FLOODING TO FLOOD PLAIN RESI-
13 DENTS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CONTINUING TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF
14 THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECREE IN NEW JERSEY V. NEW YORK, 347 U.S. 995
15 (1954) AND ENSURING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HIGH QUALITY DRINKING WATER TO
16 THE MUNICIPALITIES WHO RELY ON SUCH SYSTEM. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS MAY
17 INCLUDE EXTENSION AND/OR EXPANSION OF RAIN-BASED AND SNOW PACK SPILL
18 CONTROL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS FUTURE FLOOD PLAIN ZONING OR LAND USE LIMI-
19 TATIONS. FURTHER, THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK
20 CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE ULSTER COUNTY SOIL
21 AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE UNITED STATES
22 ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SHALL CONDUCT A HYDROLOGICAL STUDY OF THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ESOPUS CREEK TO IDENTIFY AREAS AT CHRONIC RISK OF FLOODING AS WELL AS
2 MEASURES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE FLOOD DAMAGE TO FLOOD PLAIN RESI-
3 DENTS AND FORM THE BASIS OF BETTER FLOOD MANAGEMENT ALONG SUCH CREEK
4 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CONTINUING TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HIGH
5 QUALITY DRINKING WATER TO THE MUNICIPALITIES WHO RELY ON SUCH SYSTEM.
6 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
7 DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON SUCH FINDINGS AND
8 RECOMMENDATIONS NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
9 TWELVE.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
