Bill Text: NY A04031 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a study of animals life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in environmental conservation [A04031 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A04031-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4031
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 30, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. McLAUGHLIN, FINCH -- 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 FIFTEEN, 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 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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