S3287-2013 Actions

• Jan 31, 2013: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S3287-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3287

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public service law, in relation to
requiring  certain  information  to be filed with department of public
service

PURPOSE:  To provide notice of proposed construction of gas  gathering
lines and pipeline facilities for the purpose creating and maintaining
a map of infrastructure related to fuel gas transmission.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section  1 amends the public service law by adding a new section 121-b
to require the submission of maps of proposed gas gathering lines  and
pipeline  facilities  to the Department of public Service. Directs the
Department  to  develop  and  maintain,  in  consultation   with   the
Department of Environmental conservation, a computer mapping system of
infrastructure related to the state's fuel gas transmission network.

Section  2  establishes  an  effective  date of 180 days after the act
shall have become law  and  directs  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
repeal  of  any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
the act on or before such effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:  In light of the push  to  develop  the  Marcellus  and
other  shales,  many  landowners, farmers, environmental advocates and
others have expressed concerns over the lack of oversight of fuel  gas
transmissions lines. currently, low pressure transmission lines (lines
with  pressure  of  124  pounds per square inch (psi) or less) are not
regulated, inspected, or mapped in any systematic way. This bill  will
provide  regulators  with up to date information on the development of
infrastructure related to fuel gas transmission.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect 180 days after enactment.

S3287-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3287
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 31, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni
 cations
 

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring certain
 information to be filed with department of public service
 

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

 

Section 1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new  section
 121-b to read as follows:

 

S  121-B. FILING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.  1. ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO
 CONSTRUCT A GAS GATHERING LINE OR A PIPELINE FACILITY, SHALL  FILE  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  SPATIAL  MAPPING  DATA,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM  DATA,  DETAILING  THE  LOCATION  OF  SUCH
 PROPOSED GATHERING LINE OR PIPELINE FACILITY.
 2.  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRON
 MENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL ESTABLISH AND  MAINTAIN  A  COMPUTER  MAPPING
 SYSTEM FOR PLOTTING THE LOCATION OF GATHERING LINES AND PIPELINE FACILI
 TIES.    SUCH  MAPS SHALL OVERLAY LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
 3.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:

 (A)  "GATHERING  LINE"  MEANS  A  PIPELINE  THAT TRANSPORTS GAS FROM A
 CURRENT PRODUCTION FACILITY TO A TRANSMISSION LINE, MAIN, OR DIRECTLY TO
 AN END USER.
 (B)   "PIPELINE   FACILITY"   MEANS   NEW   AND   EXISTING   PIPELINE,
 RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT, FACILITY, OR BUILDING, USED IN
 THE  TRANSPORTATION OF GAS, OR IN THE TREATMENT OF GAS DURING THE COURSE
 OF TRANSPORTATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRODUCTION, GATHERING,  TREAT
 MENT  OR  PROCESSING  OF  SUCH GAS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY: (I) TRANS
 MISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATED BY A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
 SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION FOR PURPOSES OF  PROVIDING
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07061-01-3
 
       S. 3287                             2
 RETAIL  UTILITY  SERVICE; OR (II) TRANSMISSION PIPELINE CONSTRUCTED BY A
 NATURAL GAS COMPANY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL NATURAL  GAS  ACT
 (15 U.S.C.A. SECTION 717 ET SEQ.).  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE OPTION
 TO INCORPORATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PIPELINE FACILITIES.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law, provided however, that effective immediate
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective date.

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