Bill Text: NY A00951 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a reduction in sulfur emissions for all heating oil used in non-attainment areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-24 - enacting clause stricken [A00951 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00951-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          951
                              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. PEOPLES-STOKES, GLICK -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         requiring  a  reduction  in sulfur for all heating oil used in non-at-
         tainment areas
         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 19-0318 to read as follows:
    3  S 19-0318. SULFUR REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS.
    4    ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, ALL HEATING OIL SOLD
    5  FOR USE WITHIN A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, AS SUCH AREA  IS  DEFINED  IN  THE
    6  FEDERAL  CLEAN  AIR  ACT,  SHALL  NOT HAVE A SULFUR CONTENT GREATER THAN
    7  FIFTEEN PARTS PER MILLION.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04717-01-1