Bill Text: NY A10277 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certifying the construction or operation of certain facilities depending on environmental and public health concerns.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-07 - reported referred to rules [A10277 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10277
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 10, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. CUSICK, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Energy
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to excluding garbage
          incinerators from the types of facilities eligible to use an expedited
          power plant siting process
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 162 of
     2  the public service law, as added by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, are
     3  amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
     4    (c) To a major electric generating facility (i) constructed  on  lands
     5  dedicated  to  industrial  uses,  (ii) the output of which shall be used
     6  solely for industrial purposes, on the premises, and (iii) the  generat-
     7  ing  capacity  of  which does not exceed two hundred thousand kilowatts;
     8  [or]
     9    (d) To a major electric generating  facility  if,  on  or  before  the
    10  effective date of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this
    11  article  and  section  19-0312 of the environmental conservation law, an
    12  application has been made for a license, permit, certificate, consent or
    13  approval from any federal, state or local commission, agency,  board  or
    14  regulatory body, in which application the location of the major electric
    15  generating  facility  has  been  designated  by the applicant; or if the
    16  facility is under construction at such time[.]; or
    17    (e) To a major electric generating facility which generates  electric-
    18  ity  from  the  combustion,  gasification or pyrolysis of solid waste or
    19  from fuel derived from solid waste.
    20    § 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately,  and  shall  apply  to
    21  proposed  facilities  or facilities for which a certificate has not been
    22  issued by the New York state board on electric generation siting and the
    23  environment pursuant to section 162 of the public service law,  notwith-
    24  standing  any  pre-application  or  application  processes  pursuant  to
    25  section 163 of the public service law,  or  any  other  precertification
    26  actions, reviews, or decisions by such siting board.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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