Prohibits the location of certain wind electric generation facilities within forty miles of an airfield or airbase under jurisdiction of any federal military department.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5262A
SPONSOR: Norris TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to location of
certain wind electric generation facilities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation would prohibit the construction or operation of a wind
generating facility located within forty miles of an airfield or
airbase.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 168 of the public service law to prohibit the
construction or operation of a wind generating facility located within
forty miles of an airfield or airbase under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of Defense which is in active use. This section also covers air
traffic control radar sites, weather radar sites, or aircraft navi-
gations aids which are owned or operated by the DoD and are permanent
land-based structures at a fixed location.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Wind generating facilities located in close proximity of airfields and
airbases pose significant concerns both in the current operation of an
airbase, but more importantly the possibility exists that these turbines
could seriously imperil these airbases and the operations they take part
in now and in the future. When the Federal government undergoes Base
Realignment and Closures (BRAC) it is important that these military
facilities are not imperiled by encroachments such as wind turbines.
A recent report out of Corpus Christi has shed light onto the negative
impact wind turbines have on radar readings and installations in light
of this it is critical to take into consideration the proximity these
wind turbines have to an airfield or airbase.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5262--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. NORRIS, HAWLEY, MORINELLO -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Energy -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to location of
certain wind electric generation facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 168 of the public service law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. The board may not grant a certificate for the construction or
4 operation of a wind electric generation facility to be located within
5 forty miles of an airfield or airbase under jurisdiction of any federal
6 military department which is in active use.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06506-03-7
