S03328 Summary:

BILL NOS03328A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORFERNANDEZ
 
COSPNSRHARCKHAM
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §19-0330, En Con L
 
Directs the department of environmental conservation to promulgate air quality standards for emissions of certain toxic air contaminants.
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S03328 Actions:

BILL NOS03328A
 
01/30/2023REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
02/07/20231ST REPORT CAL.315
02/08/20232ND REPORT CAL.
02/13/2023ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
02/15/2023PASSED SENATE
02/15/2023DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
02/15/2023referred to environmental conservation
01/03/2024died in assembly
01/03/2024returned to senate
01/03/2024REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
02/20/2024AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
02/20/2024PRINT NUMBER 3328A
02/27/20241ST REPORT CAL.537
02/28/20242ND REPORT CAL.
03/04/2024ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/07/2024PASSED SENATE
05/07/2024DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/08/2024referred to environmental conservation
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S03328 Floor Votes:

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S03328 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3328--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 30, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
          --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Environmental Conservation in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to emis-
          sions of toxic air contaminants
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 19-0330 to read as follows:
     3  § 19-0330. Air quality standards for toxic air contaminants.
     4    1. Definitions. For purposes of  this  section,  the  following  terms
     5  shall have the following meanings:
     6    a. "Adjacent to" shall mean within a radius of one mile.
     7    b.  "Disadvantaged community" shall have the same meaning as in subdi-
     8  vision five of section 75-0101 of this chapter.
     9    c. "Fenceline" shall mean the property boundary of a major source.
    10    d.  "Major source" shall mean stationary air contamination source that
    11  emits or has the potential to emit ten tons per year or more of a  toxic
    12  air contaminant or twenty-five tons per year or more of a combination of
    13  toxic contaminants.
    14    e.  "Toxic  air  contaminant"  shall mean benzene, formaldehyde, vinyl
    15  chloride, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans,
    16  trichloroethylene, mercury and any other substances added by the depart-
    17  ment.
    18    2. Promulgation of standards. a. The department shall,  on  or  before
    19  December  thirty-first,  two thousand twenty-six, promulgate ambient air
    20  quality standards for the following  toxic  air  contaminants:  benzene,
    21  formaldehyde,  vinyl chloride, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlo-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08287-02-4

        S. 3328--A                          2
 
     1  rinated dibenzofurans, trichloroethylene and mercury. Such standards may
     2  be hourly, rolling eight-hour or annual, or any combination thereof,  as
     3  determined  by  the  department  in  consultation with the department of
     4  health.
     5    b.  The ambient air quality standards for toxic air contaminants shall
     6  be based on the best available scientific data concerning the  potential
     7  adverse human health effects of each contaminant.
     8    3.  Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the department
     9  shall incorporate toxic air contaminants into each major source permit.
    10    4. No later than December thirty-first, two thousand  twenty-six,  the
    11  department shall establish regulations specifying when and how fenceline
    12  monitoring will be required for toxic air contaminants by major sources.
    13  Such regulations shall at a minimum take into consideration the existing
    14  air  quality  and  the  major source's proximity to a location within or
    15  adjacent to a disadvantaged community.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.
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