Bill Text: NY A04553 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4553 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes Westchester county to require that local marinas provide for the handling and disposal of sewage from watercraft holding tanks; directs the department of environmental conservation to request, from the federal environmental protection agency, a "no-discharge zone" designation of waters within the marine jurisdictional boundaries of Westchester county.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A04553 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4553
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  navigation  law,  in  relation  to  regulating  the
         disposal  of  sewage  from  watercraft and marinas and prohibiting the
         littering of waterways
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  8  of section 33-c of the navigation law, as
    2  amended by chapter 199 of the laws  of  1999,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    8.  All  marinas that provide pumpout facilities and dump stations for
    5  the handling and disposal of sewage from marine holding tanks and  port-
    6  able  toilets shall do so in a manner that will prevent the pollution of
    7  the surface waters of  the  state.  The  facilities  for  unloading  and
    8  disposal  of  such  sewage  shall be approved by either the local or the
    9  state health department in accordance with [guidelines set forth by  the
   10  department  in  consultation with the department of health] THE REQUIRE-
   11  MENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF  THIS  SECTION.  The
   12  department  of  environmental  conservation shall require that municipal
   13  sewage treatment facilities accept such waste  originating  from  marine
   14  holding  tanks  and  portable toilets unless the commissioner determines
   15  that such action would cause an unacceptable threat to human  health  or
   16  the  environment or the operation of a sewage treatment plant.  NOTWITH-
   17  STANDING THE FOREGOING, WESTCHESTER COUNTY SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO REQUIRE
   18  BY ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW, THAT ANY MARINA, WITHIN THE COUNTY OF WEST-
   19  CHESTER, PROVIDE FOR THE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF  SEWAGE  FROM  HOLDING
   20  TANKS OF WATERCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH LOCAL LAW.
   21    S  2.  Section  33-c  of the navigation law is amended by adding a new
   22  subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
   23    11-A. THE DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO REQUEST  FROM  THE  FEDERAL
   24  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. S 140.4, A DESIG-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03685-01-5
       A. 4553                             2
    1  NATION THAT WATERS OF THIS STATE WITHIN THE MARINE JURISDICTIONAL BOUND-
    2  ARIES OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, (MID-POINT OF THE HUDSON RIVER AND THE LONG
    3  ISLAND  SOUND),  BE  DEEMED A "NO-DISCHARGE ZONE." SUCH REQUEST SHALL BE
    4  MADE  NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
    5  SION.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.