Bill Text: NY S01596 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the disposal of any dredged spoils containing toxic pollutants into the waters of the marine district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-10 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01596 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01596-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1596

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting the disposal of dredged spoils containing toxic pollutants
          into the waters of the marine district

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Section 17-0503 of the environmental conservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. The disposal of any dredged spoils containing toxic pollutants into
     4  the waters of the marine district is prohibited.
     5    § 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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