Bill Text: NY S07116 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that all persons who intend to construct a major utility transmission facility must order a health impact study before such project can receive approval from the commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S07116 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07116-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7116
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 3, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations
        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to procedures with
          respect to certain 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.  Subdivision 1 of section 121-a of the public service law,
     2  as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  All persons who intend to construct fuel gas transmission lines as
     5  described in this  section  shall  file  with  the  commission  for  its
     6  approval  the  standards and practices which will be applied to environ-
     7  mental management and construction of all such lines  or  shall  file  a
     8  certified  statement agreeing to construct such lines in accordance with
     9  standards and practices on file and approved by the commission. In addi-
    10  tion, all persons who intend to construct a major  utility  transmission
    11  facility  as  described in subdivision two of section one hundred twenty
    12  of this article must order a health impact  study  before  such  project
    13  shall receive approval by the commission.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13587-01-7