NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6244
SPONSOR: Englebright (MS) TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to posting information regarding the issuance of permits for a
public water supply on the department of environmental conservation's
website
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill establishes transparency by posting information regarding the
issuance of permits for a public water supply on the department of envi-
ronmental conservation's (DEC's) website.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends Section 15-1503 of the environmental conservation law to require
certain information be reported and published on the DEC website.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
JUSTIFICATION:
The public should be afforded increased transparency by being able to
easily access the results of well monitoring, as well as, maximum pump-
ing capacity by requiring the DEC to publish monitoring reports for
municipal-owned wells. These monitoring reports are already required in
statute; this bill simply allows the public access to these reports via
the DEC website.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2018: A.9833 (Skoufis) passed assembly
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Minimal.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall become
law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6244
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COOK, LIFTON, JAFFEE, GALEF, BLAKE,
COLTON, OTIS, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA, SIMON
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
tion
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to post-
ing information regarding the issuance of permits for a public water
supply on the department of environmental conservation's website
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 15-1503 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. For each permit issued for a public water supply system, the
4 department shall post on the department's website the permittee, the
5 maximum pumping capacity allowed under the permit, the results of well
6 monitoring, and the information reported pursuant to subdivision six of
7 section 15-1501 of this title.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
9 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07329-01-9
