Bill Text: NY S09136 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the use of flammable gas to clean or blow the gas piping of a major electric generating facility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-13 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09136 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S09136-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9136 IN SENATE July 13, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting the use of flammable gas to clean or blow the the gas piping of a major electric generating facility 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 73 to read as follows: 3 § 73. Use of flammable gas prohibited. No person shall use flammable 4 gas to clean or blow the gas piping of a major electric generating 5 facility as such term is defined in article ten of this chapter. The 6 commission shall through regulation approve an appropriate safety plan 7 for any nonflammable gas blows conducted at a major electric generating 8 facility. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, 11 and/or repeal of any rules and regulations necessary to implement the 12 provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed 13 to be completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16190-01-8