Extends the moratorium on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas.

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S3846-2013 Actions

• May 7, 2013: SIGNED CHAP.27
• Apr 26, 2013: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Apr 22, 2013: returned to senate
• Apr 22, 2013: passed assembly
• Apr 22, 2013: ordered to third reading cal.121
• Apr 22, 2013: substituted for a216
• Mar 19, 2013: referred to environmental conservation
• Mar 19, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Mar 19, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 14, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 13, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 12, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.183
• Feb 22, 2013: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S3846-2013 Meetings

Environmental Conservation: Mar 12, 2013

S3846-2013 Calendars

Active List: Mar 19, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 13, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 18, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 19, 2013

S3846-2013 Votes

S3846-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3846

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend chapter 395 of the laws of 1978,
relating to moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of
environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of
routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas,
in relation to extending the effectiveness of the provisions of such
chapter

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Extends effectiveness of Chapter 395 of the Laws of 1978 relating to
moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety
for the siting of facilities and certification of routes to transport
liquefied natural or petroleum gas in cities with a population of one
million or more until April 1, 2015.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This legislation would continue, until April 1, 2013, the current ban
on the licensing of liquefied natural gas and petroleum facilities in
cities with a population of one million or more in the interest of
public safety.

JUSTIFICATION:

The potential for a large-scale human catastrophe inherent in the
storage of highly volatile, liquefied natural gas in densely populated
areas makes it mandatory that governmental agencies, federal and
state, exercise extreme caution in dealing with proposals for
activation of LNG facilities.

Experiences such as the 1973 explosion in an empty LNG tank on Staten
Island, in which 40 persons lost their lives, underline the potential
for tragedy involved in the operation of such storage facilities.

The object of this bill is to assure a calm, deliberate and reasoned
evaluation of such proposals and to assure the application of strict
public safety standards.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011: A.0108 (Cusick) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 10
2009: A.6914 (Cusick) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 84
2007: A.6319 (Cusick) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 31
2005: A.5475 (Lavelle) - Passed Both Houses, Chapter 66
2003: A.5282 (Lavelle) - Passed Both Houses; Chapter 33
2001: A.6816 (Vitaliano) - Passed Both Houses; Chapter 18
1999: A. 4856-B (Connelly) - Passed Both Houses; Chapter 25
1997: A.1201-A (Connelly) - Passed Both Houses; Chapter 235

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on April 1, 2013.

S3846-2013 Text

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

                                    3846

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              February 22, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

  AN ACT to amend chapter 395 of the laws of 1978, relating to moratoriums
    on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting
    of facilities and certification of routes for  the  transportation  of
    liquefied  natural  or  petroleum  gas,  in  relation to extending the
    effectiveness of the provisions of such chapter

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


    Section  1.  Section 6 of chapter 395 of the laws of 1978, relating to
  moratoriums on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety  for
  the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transporta-
  tion  of liquefied natural or petroleum gas, as amended by chapter 10 of
  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:

    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately and remain in  full  force
  and  effect  only  to and including April 1, 1999 provided, however that
  the provisions of this act shall remain in  full  force  and  effect  in
  cities  with  a  population of one million or more until April 1, [2013]
  2015.
    S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2013.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04342-01-3