Bill Text: NY S07292 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to lead paint remediation reporting for the metropolitan transportation authority's and the New York city transit authority's aboveground transit infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-18 - SIGNED CHAP.18 [S07292 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07292-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7292
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2017, directing  the  metropol-
          itan  transportation authority and the New York city transit authority
          to study aboveground transit infrastructure, as proposed  in  legisla-
          tive  bills numbers S. 5754-A and A. 7562-A, in relation to lead paint
          remediation reporting for the metropolitan transportation  authority's
          and  the New York city transit authority's aboveground transit infras-
          tructure
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Sections  1,  2,  and 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2017,
     2  directing the metropolitan transportation authority  and  the  New  York
     3  city  transit  authority to study aboveground transit infrastructure, as
     4  proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  5754-A  and  A.  7562-A,  are
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    Section 1. [The metropolitan transportation authority and the New York
     7  city  transit authority, in consultation with the department of environ-
     8  mental conservation and the department of health, shall conduct a  study
     9  to  examine  and  evaluate  aboveground stations, elevated trestles, and
    10  elevated subway and railway tracks owned or controlled by the  metropol-
    11  itan transportation authority, regarding, but not limited to the follow-
    12  ing determinations:
    13    (a)  review  past  renovations  to stations to determine the amount of
    14  lead paint abatement;
    15    (b) determine the degree  to  which  the  metropolitan  transportation
    16  authority  complies  with  federal  and state air quality laws and regu-
    17  lations;
    18    (c) establish recommendations to further lead paint abatement, enhance
    19  air quality controls, and to ensure protection of public health and  the
    20  environment; and
    21    (d) determine the fiscal impact of any aforementioned recommendations.
    22    The metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city trans-
    23  it  authority,  in  consultation  with  the  department of environmental

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11263-04-7
        S. 7292                             2

     1  conservation and the department of health, shall limit such study  to  a
     2  statistically  significant  subset of the aboveground stations, elevated
     3  trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks to be representative of
     4  all  aboveground  transit infrastructure. Testing shall include all five
     5  boroughs, low-income neighborhoods, and densely populated areas  of  the
     6  city of New York.] On or before July 1, 2018, and every year thereafter,
     7  the  president  of  the  New  York city transit authority shall submit a
     8  written report to the governor, temporary president of the  senate,  and
     9  speaker  of  the assembly that identifies all current or planned capital
    10  projects that will involve the removal of existing lead-based paint from
    11  and the repainting of any of the aboveground  stations,  elevated  tres-
    12  tles,  or  elevated  subway tracks operated by the New York city transit
    13  authority.  For each such project, the report will describe the work  to
    14  be undertaken and measures that the New York city transit authority will
    15  take  to ensure adequate protection of public health and the environment
    16  from lead particulates. The report shall also include a  description  of
    17  the  New York city transit authority policy for lead particulate manage-
    18  ment for such capital projects.
    19    § 2. [On or before March 1, 2018, the  chairman  of  the  metropolitan
    20  transportation  authority  and the chairman on the New York city transit
    21  authority shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary pres-
    22  ident of the senate, speaker of the assembly and mayor of  the  city  of
    23  New  York,  with the findings and recommendations of the study conducted
    24  pursuant to section one of this act.
    25    § 3.] This act shall take effect immediately.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    27  manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2017, directing the metropolitan
    28  transportation authority and the New  York  city  transit  authority  to
    29  study  aboveground  transit  infrastructure,  as proposed in legislative
    30  bills numbers S. 5754-A and A. 7562-A, takes effect.