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                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 19, 2012
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       Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Camara) --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         amending  the  liquified  natural  and petroleum gas act to exempt the
         storage and transportation of small quantities  of  liquified  natural
         gas
         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 23-1706 to read as follows:
    3  S 23-1706. EXEMPTIONS.
    4    THIS  ACT SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS FACILITY WITH A
    5  COMBINED STORAGE CAPACITY OF FORTY THOUSAND  GALLONS  OR  LESS  THAT  IS
    6  LOCATED  OUTSIDE OF ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
    7  PROVIDED THAT THE  FACILITY  AND  ASSOCIATED  TRANSPORTATION  ACTIVITIES
    8  SHALL  COMPLY WITH NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION CODES AND STAND-
    9  ARDS APPLICABLE TO THE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF  LIQUIFIED  NATURAL
   10  GAS.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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