Bill Text: NY A08609 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to requiring the Long Island Power Authority to provide public notice prior to the construction of utility transmission facilities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - substituted by s6861a [A08609 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08609-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6861--A A. 8609--A Cal. No. 1243 2017-2018 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY September 1, 2017 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis- sions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the Long Island Power Authority to provide public notice for the construction of utility transmission facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Sections 1020-ii, 1020-jj and 1020-kk of the public author- 2 ities law, sections 1020-jj and 1020-kk as renumbered by chapter 415 of 3 the laws of 2017, are renumbered sections 1020-jj, 1020-kk and 1020-ll 4 and a new section 1020-ii is added to read as follows: 5 § 1020-ii. Public notice before approval of utility transmission 6 facilities. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have 7 the following meanings: 8 (a) "municipality" means a county, city, town or village in the 9 service area; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13310-04-8S. 6861--A 2 A. 8609--A 1 (b) "utility transmission facility" means any electric transmission 2 line in the service area, including associated equipment. It shall not 3 include any transmission line which is an in-kind replacement or which 4 is located wholly underground. This section also shall not apply to any 5 major utility transmission facility subject to the jurisdiction of arti- 6 cle seven of the public service law; and 7 (c) "utility customer" means the customer of record located within 8 five hundred feet of a proposed utility transmission facility. 9 2. The authority shall not construct any utility transmission facility 10 without first providing public notice as provided by this subdivision. 11 Such public notice shall be provided by the authority before the envi- 12 ronmental significance of such action is determined by the authority, 13 pursuant to article eight of the environmental conservation law. The 14 public notice shall provide the following information: 15 (a) the location of the site or right-of-way; 16 (b) a description of the transmission facility to be built thereon; 17 (c) the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement 18 prepared for the action, pursuant to article eight of the environmental 19 conservation law; 20 (d) a summary of any studies which have been made of the environmental 21 impact of the project, and a description of such studies; 22 (e) a statement explaining the need for the facility; 23 (f) a description of any reasonable alternate location or locations 24 for the proposed facility; 25 (g) a description of the comparative merits and detriments of each 26 location submitted; and 27 (h) a statement of the reasons why the primary proposed location is 28 best suited for the facility. 29 Copies of the environmental assessment form, environmental impact 30 statement and studies referred to in the notice shall be filed with the 31 authority and shall be available for public inspection. 32 3. Notice shall be provided by first class mail to: 33 (a) each municipality in which any portion of such facility is to be 34 located, both as primarily proposed and in the alternative locations 35 listed. Notice to a municipality shall be addressed to the chief execu- 36 tive officer thereof; 37 (b) each member of the legislature through whose district the facility 38 or any alternate proposed in the application would pass; and 39 (c) each utility customer. 40 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
