Bill Text: NY A02376 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | 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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A02376 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02376-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2376 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 18, 2017 ___________ 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 § 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 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 13 it shall have become a law; provided, however effective immediately the 14 commissioner of environmental conservation may promulgate rules and 15 regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act prior to 16 such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00501-01-7