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                                         4646
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2015
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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 SEVENTEEN, 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.
                                                                  LBD05689-01-5