Bill Text: NY A00515 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Restricts operation of diesel powered electrical generation systems in areas identified as not meeting certain federal air quality standards for ozone; provides limited exceptions for use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A00515 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00515-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           515

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, LUPARDO, STECK -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M.  of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          restricting the operation  of  diesel  powered  electrical  generation
          systems in areas identified as not meeting certain federal air quality
          standards for ozone

          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 19-0311-a to read as follows:
     3  § 19-0311-a. Restricted  operation  of diesel powered electrical genera-
     4                 tors.
     5    The generation of electricity for public or private use  by  means  of
     6  diesel combustion generation facilities shall be prohibited in any coun-
     7  ty  or  part  thereof  that  is designated nonattainment for ozone under
     8  section 7407 of the clean air  act  ("act")  and  classified  as  severe
     9  nonattainment under section 7511 of the act; or designated as nonattain-
    10  ment  for PM2.5 under section 7407 of the act, or has been so designated
    11  within the prior calendar year, unless:
    12    1. the diesel combustion facility has a generating  capacity  of  less
    13  than one hundred kilowatts;
    14    2.  the  diesel  combustion facility complies with or exceeds emission
    15  standards adopted for such facilities by the department for  particulate
    16  matter and nitrogen oxides;
    17    3. the diesel combustion facility is used solely as an emergency back-
    18  up system during a power outage; or
    19    4.    the  diesel  combustion facility uses cogeneration technology to
    20  utilize the waste heat.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect twenty-four months after it shall have
    22  become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00803-01-3