Bill Text: NY A00911 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the canal pilot water level management program and hydraulic model for the purpose of enhancing navigation and flood mitigation, improving real-time flood forecasting, enabling pro-active flood responsiveness and developing unified operating procedures through collection, analysis, coordination and dissemination of real-time water and systems data along the canal system; provides for a report to be issued within three years of the effective date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-24 - enacting clause stricken [A00911 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00911-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          911
                              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. DESTITO, REILLY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         CLARK,  GLICK,  MAYERSOHN, McENENY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the canal law, in relation  to  establishing  the  pilot
         water level management program and hydraulic model
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The canal law is amended by adding a  new  section  135  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  135.  PILOT  WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 1. PILOT PROGRAM.  THE
    4  CORPORATION SHALL ESTABLISH AND OPERATE THE PILOT WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT
    5  PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING NAVIGATION  AND  FLOOD  MITIGATION,
    6  IMPROVING REAL-TIME FLOOD FORECASTING, ENABLING PRO-ACTIVE FLOOD RESPON-
    7  SIVENESS   AND  DEVELOPING  UNIFIED  OPERATING  PROCEDURES  THROUGH  THE
    8  COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, COORDINATION AND DISSEMINATION OF REAL-TIME  WATER
    9  AND  SYSTEMS  DATA  IN AND ALONG THE CANAL SYSTEM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE
   10  DESIGNED FOR AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE MOHAWK RIVER BASIN CANAL SYSTEM  AND
   11  INCLUDE LOCKS SEVEN THROUGH TWENTY-TWO. THE PILOT WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT
   12  PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   13    (A) THE EVALUATION OF EXISTING WATER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUD-
   14  ING  GAUGES  AT LOCKS, IN AND ALONG THE CANAL SYSTEM, FEEDER TRIBUTARIES
   15  AND AFFECTING RESERVOIRS;
   16    (B) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL-TIME AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY, AND
   17  OTHER ADVANCED WATER MEASUREMENT DEVICES AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE;
   18    (C) A CENTRALIZED REAL-TIME DATA COLLECTION AND COMMAND CENTER WITH AN
   19  INTERCONNECTED DATA COLLECTION AND INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM TO INCLUDE
   20  LOCKS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CANAL SYSTEM WATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES;
   21    (D)  DEVELOPMENT  OF  UNIFIED  OPERATING  AND  COMMAND  PROCEDURES  IN
   22  CONJUNCTION WITH THE WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND ITS SYSTEMS;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01706-01-1
       A. 911                              2
    1    (E)  INFORMATION SHARING AND COORDINATION WITH APPROPRIATE AGENCIES TO
    2  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THE  STATE
    3  EMERGENCY  MANAGEMENT  OFFICE,  NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATE
    4  COUNTY OFFICERS FROM COUNTIES  ADJACENT  OR  INTERSECTED  BY  THE  CANAL
    5  SYSTEM; AND
    6    (F) AN ENHANCED SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION; AND
    7    (G)  THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DETAILED HYDRAULIC MODEL OF THE CANAL SYSTEM
    8  AND WATER LEVEL CONTROL STRUCTURES.
    9    2. REPORT. (A) NOT LATER THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF
   10  THIS  SECTION,  THE  CORPORATION  SHALL  PREPARE A REPORT EVALUATING THE
   11  EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NEED
   12  NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   13    (I)  A  DETAILED  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE PROGRAM AS IT IS IMPLEMENTED TO
   14  INCLUDE EACH OF THE ITEMS SET OUT  IN  PARAGRAPHS  (A)  THROUGH  (G)  OF
   15  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION;
   16    (II)  AN  ASSESSMENT  AND RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPROVING THE WATER LEVEL
   17  MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND COSTS THEREOF;
   18    (III) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY  OF  THE  WATER  LEVEL  MANAGEMENT
   19  PROGRAM,  AND  THE  DEGREE TO WHICH IT SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESSED NAVIGATION
   20  AND FLOOD MITIGATION ENHANCEMENT, REAL-TIME FLOOD  FORECASTING,  PRO-AC-
   21  TIVE  FLOOD  RESPONSIVENESS  AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFIED OPERATING PROCE-
   22  DURES, AS WELL AS OTHER REALIZED BENEFITS; AND
   23    (IV) RECOMMENDATION AS TO THE EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM TO OTHER  PARTS
   24  OF THE CANAL AND COSTS THEREOF.
   25    (B)  THE CORPORATION SHALL SUBMIT SUCH REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, COMMIS-
   26  SIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER  OF
   27  THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES.
   28    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.