Bill Text: NY A00480 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 480 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires owners and operators of petroleum bulk storage facilities located in cities of one million or more to undertake comprehensive accident prevention plans for the prevention of spills and leaks of petroleum; further requires such owners or operators to hire an independent company to quarterly audit the implementation of such plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-06 - ordered to third reading rules cal.39 [A00480 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00480-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          480
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         comprehensive accident prevention planning by and auditing of petrole-
         um bulk storage facilities in cities with a population of one  million
         or more
         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 17-1006 to read as follows:
    3  S 17-1006. COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION
    4               OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
    5    EVERY  OWNER  OR OPERATOR OF A FACILITY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE
    6  OF SECTION 17-1003 OF THIS TITLE, LOCATED WITHIN A  CITY  WITH  A  POPU-
    7  LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE SHALL UNDERTAKE COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT
    8  PREVENTION PLANNING FOR THE PREVENTION OF SPILLS AND LEAKS OF PETROLEUM,
    9  AND SHALL HIRE AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO AUDIT, ON  A  QUARTERLY  BASIS,
   10  THE  IMPLEMENTATION BY SUCH OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE HAZARD CONTROL PLAN
   11  ADOPTED FOR SUCH FACILITY.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   13  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
   14  environmental  conservation  may promulgate rules and regulations neces-
   15  sary to effectuate the provisions of this act prior  to  such  effective
   16  date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00446-01-1