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STATE OF NEW YORK
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6896

2009-2010 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

March 13, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. PEOPLES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  requiring  a  reduction  in sulfur for all heating oil used in non-at-
  tainment areas

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 19-0318 to read as follows:
S 19-0318. SULFUR REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS.
  ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, ALL HEATING  OIL  SOLD
FOR  USE  WITHIN  A  NON-ATTAINMENT AREA, AS SUCH AREA IS DEFINED IN THE
FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT, SHALL NOT HAVE  A  SULFUR  CONTENT  GREATER  THAN
FIFTEEN PARTS PER MILLION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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