S2752-2013 Actions

• May 8, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 7, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.565
• Jan 23, 2013: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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BILL NUMBER:S2752

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to authorizing a study of animal life in the vicinity of the
Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site

PURPOSE:  This legislation will provide for a study of the marine,
amphibians and mammals inhabiting the area known as the Dewey Loeffel
Hazardous Waste Site and the surrounding environs.

PROVISIONS:

Section 1: The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
subdivision (i) to provide for the study of the impact of contamination.

JUSTIFICATION:  The Dewey Loeffel State Hazardous Waste Site is located
in southern Rensselaer County and contains more than twice the contam-
ination than the infamous Love Canal waste site. It is estimated that
more than 46,000 tons of toxic waste are buried in a failed capped land-
fill.

Remediation of this site has been ongoing for decades with no progress
made in preventing the contamination from seeping from the site and
contaminating additional properties. This contamination has also
impacted Nassau Lake and the surrounding watershed.

This toxic contamination has been documented to be present in area fish
which have been ingested by New Yorkers. There is currently a "eat no
fish" advisory in place for this area. It is believed that this signif-
icant contamination has penetrated other aspects of the food chain.

This bill would provide for a scientific analysis of the presence of
toxic substances in wildlife and would provide for a report to the
legislature and the governor of the specific findings of the study by
2011. This research would also assess the viability of further study of
the contamination.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  S. 2500 of 2012 passed Senate

FISCAL IMPACT:  This legislation provides the opportunity for the
Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct the study with
existing staff.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S2752-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         2752
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 23, 2013
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
 authorizing a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey  Loef
 fel Hazardous Waste Site
 

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

 

Section 1.

Section 49-0103 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:

 7. SUPERVISE AND/OR CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE MARINE LIFE, AMPHIBIANS AND
 MAMMALS  INHABITING  THE AREA KNOWN AS THE DEWEY LOEFFEL HAZARDOUS WASTE
 SITE AND THE ENVIRONS OF NASSAU LAKE, RENSSELAER COUNTY, FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENCE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND  VOLATILE  ORGANIC  CONTAM
 INANTS  IN  SUCH  WILDLIFE.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, PREPARE A REPORT TO THE  GOVERNOR  AND  THE
 LEGISLATURE  OUTLINING THE SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY AND ASSESSING
 THE VIABILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A SIMILAR STUDY WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE
 THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03973-01-3

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