Bill Text: NY S05730 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5730 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to the description of fuel gas transmission lines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S05730 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5730--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
         the  Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommunications in accordance with
         Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to the description
         of fuel gas transmission lines
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
    2  121-b to read as follows:
    3    S 121-B. FILING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.  1. ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND  TO
    4  CONSTRUCT  A  GAS GATHERING LINE OR A PIPELINE FACILITY, SHALL FILE WITH
    5  THE DEPARTMENT SPATIAL  MAPPING  DATA,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
    6  GEOGRAPHIC  INFORMATION  SYSTEM  DATA,  DETAILING  THE  LOCATION OF SUCH
    7  PROPOSED GATHERING LINE OR PIPELINE FACILITY.
    8    2. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRON-
    9  MENTAL  CONSERVATION,  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND MAINTAIN A COMPUTER MAPPING
   10  SYSTEM FOR PLOTTING THE LOCATION OF GATHERING LINES AND PIPELINE FACILI-
   11  TIES.  SUCH MAPS SHALL OVERLAY LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
   12  ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   13    3.    FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
   14  FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   15    (A) "GATHERING LINE" MEANS A  PIPELINE  THAT  TRANSPORTS  GAS  FROM  A
   16  CURRENT PRODUCTION FACILITY TO A TRANSMISSION LINE, MAIN, OR DIRECTLY TO
   17  AN END USER.
   18    (B)   "PIPELINE   FACILITY"   MEANS   NEW   AND   EXISTING   PIPELINE,
   19  RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT, FACILITY, OR BUILDING, USED IN
   20  THE TRANSPORTATION OF GAS, OR IN THE TREATMENT OF GAS DURING THE  COURSE
   21  OF  TRANSPORTATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRODUCTION, GATHERING, TREAT-
   22  MENT OR PROCESSING OF SUCH GAS, BUT DOES NOT  INCLUDE  ANY:  (I)  TRANS-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11191-11-2
       S. 5730--A                          2
    1  MISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATED BY A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
    2  SUBJECT  TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING
    3  RETAIL UTILITY SERVICE; OR (II) TRANSMISSION PIPELINE CONSTRUCTED  BY  A
    4  NATURAL  GAS  COMPANY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL NATURAL GAS ACT
    5  (15 U.S.C.A. SECTION 717 ET SEQ.).  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE OPTION
    6  TO INCORPORATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PIPELINE FACILITIES.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    8  it shall have become a law, provided however, that effective  immediate-
    9  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
   10  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
   11  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
   12  effective date.