Senate Bill S7442

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to fuel gas transmission lines

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  • 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

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2013-S7442 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9862
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§120, 121-a, 122 & 126, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S71, A2458

2013-S7442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to fuel gas transmission lines; discusses procedures for filing for landowners and determining adverse environmental effects on agricultural lands.

2013-S7442 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7442

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 fuel gas trans-
  mission lines

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

  Section 1.  Section 120 of the public service law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5.  "LANDOWNER"  MEANS THE HOLDER OF ANY RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST, LIEN,
CHARGE OR ENCUMBRANCE IN REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO  A  PROPOSED  SITE  OR
RIGHT OF WAY.
  S 2.  Section 121-a of the public service law, as added by chapter 538
of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
  S 121-a. Procedures  with  respect  to  certain  fuel gas transmission
lines. 1. All persons who intend  to  construct  fuel  gas  transmission
lines  as  described  in this section shall file with the commission for
its approval the standards and practices which will be applied to  envi-
ronmental  management and construction of all such lines or shall file a
certified statement agreeing to construct such lines in accordance  with
standards and practices on file and approved by the commission.
  2.  A notice of intention to construct a fuel gas transmission line as
described in subdivision two of section one hundred twenty OF THIS ARTI-
CLE, which extends a distance of less than five miles and which  is  six
inches  or  less in nominal diameter, shall be filed with the commission
and shall contain:
  (a) the date  on  or  about  which  the  applicant  intends  to  begin
construction of the line;
  (b) a brief statement describing and locating the line;
  (c)  an  indication  of  the  approved  environmental  management  and
construction standards and practices that will be followed in an  effort
to minimize or avoid adverse environmental impacts to the maximum extent
practicable.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15105-03-4
              

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