Bill Text: NY A01836 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-13 - referred to environmental conservation [A01836 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01836-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1836 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loef- fel Hazardous Waste Site The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 49-0103 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Supervise and/or conduct a study of the marine life, amphibians and 4 mammals inhabiting the area known as the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste 5 Site and the environs of Nassau Lake, Rensselaer County, for the purpose 6 of scientific analysis of the presence of toxic substances including but 7 not limited to polychlorinated biphenyls and volatile organic contam- 8 inants in such wildlife. The department shall, on or before February 9 first, two thousand nineteen, prepare a report to the governor and the 10 legislature outlining the specific findings of such study and assessing 11 the viability of implementation of a similar study which shall include 12 the residents of that area. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04312-01-7
