Bill Text: NY A06177 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Reduces emissions of air pollutants from petroleum bulk storage facilities by requiring that no person shall own or operate a facility containing an above-ground tank that does not have a shell color and roof color of either white or beige/cream; provides that such color requirements shall apply to every tank at a facility regardless of whether the tank is in active use for storage; defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-10 - substituted by s841a [A06177 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06177-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6177--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SEPTIMO, FORREST, SIMON -- read once and referred
          to   the   Committee   on   Environmental  Conservation  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          reducing  emissions  of  air  pollutants  from  petroleum bulk storage
          facilities

          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 17-1016 to read as follows:
     3  § 17-1016. Reduction of air pollution from petroleum bulk storage facil-
     4               ities.
     5    1. For purposes of this  section,  the  terms  below  shall  have  the
     6  following meaning:
     7    a.  "Shell  color"  shall  mean the color and shade combination of the
     8  paint on the sides or shell of a tank.
     9    b. "Roof color" shall mean the color  and  shade  combination  of  the
    10  paint on the roof of a tank.
    11    c.  "Tank" shall have the meaning set forth in section 17-1003 of this
    12  title except that for purposes of this section "tank"  means  an  above-
    13  ground  tank  and  does not include associated pipes, lines, fixtures or
    14  other ancillary equipment.
    15    2. Tank coloring. a.  No  person  shall  own  or  operate  a  facility
    16  containing  a  tank  that  does  not meet the color requirements of this
    17  subdivision. Such color requirements shall apply  to  every  tank  at  a
    18  facility regardless of whether the tank is in active use for storage.
    19    b.  A  tank shall have a shell color and roof color of either white or
    20  beige/cream.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02989-02-1