Assembly Bill A8163

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the Long Island water pollution control act

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2013-A8163 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5956
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 15 Title 35 §§15-3501 - 15-3509, En Con L

2013-A8163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "Long Island water pollution control act"; further establishes the Long Island water quality commission and the Long Island clean water quality and protection plan; provides for a state of the aquifer report.

2013-A8163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8163

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to establish the "Long Island water pollution control  act";  and
  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to establish-
  ing the Long Island water quality commission

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  the  "Long
Island water pollution control act".
  S  2.  Legislative intent. Long Island's water resources are unique in
the region, unusual in the nation, and of exceptional importance to  the
state  of  New  York  because  of the economic, environmental and public
health values that Long Island's water resources provide to the millions
of people who live and recreate on Long Island.
  Long Island has been designated as a federal sole source aquifer; nine
special groundwater protection areas have been  established  across  the
region;  and  three  estuary  based watershed planning efforts have been
created - in the Peconic Bay, the Long Island Sound, and  the  state-de-
signated South Shore Estuary Reserve.
  In  spite  of  these  designations  and  other  planning efforts, Long
Island's water resources have continued to  be  impacted  by  increasing
quantities of nutrients, pathogens, pesticides, volatile organic contam-
inants  and saltwater intrusion, as well as a number of emerging threats
such as prescription drugs and sea level rise.
  In response to these environmental impacts,  the  region  has  already
experienced an increasing number of harmful algal blooms and other docu-
mented declines in key biological indicators which demonstrate continued
and  increasing stress on the region's groundwater resources and coastal
ecosystems.
  Continued water quality and coastal habitat decline,  will  result  in
more  harmful  algal  blooms, shellfishing closures, beach closures, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11505-02-3
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.