S84-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S84-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S84

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
comprehensive accident prevention planning by and auditing of
petroleum bulk storage facilities in cities with a population of
one million or more

SUMMARY:
Owners and operators of petroleum bulk storage facilities, in cities
with a population of one million or more persons, shall be required
to undertake comprehensive accident prevention planning and shall
hire an independent company to quarterly audit the implementation of
the hazard control plan.

JUSTIFICATION:
Over the years there have been several underground oil spills
totalling a reported 17 million gallons discovered underground in New
York State, as reported in January of 1989. Since that time there
have been several additional spills.

In 1988 alone the DEC investigated 10,500 spills, a 400% increase
since 1984. The danger to the environment from these spills is great,
including water and air pollution.

Accident prevention planning would greatly reduce the likelihood of
an oil spill.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.11561/S.8151 of 1989-1990
A.4358/S.4024 of 1991-1992
A.2583/S.1518 of 1993-1994
A.724/S.559 of 1995-96
A.16/S.198 of 1997-98
A.262/S.575 of 1999-00
A.552/S.2692 of 2001-02
A.216 of 2003-04
A.2066 of 2005-06
A.1620 of 2007-2008
S.8253/A.3892 of 2009-2010

FISCAL IMPLICATION:
None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided however, the commissioner
of environmental conservation shall promulgate rules and
regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act
prior to such date.

S84-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          84
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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
 comprehensive accident prevention planning by and auditing of petrole
 um  bulk storage facilities in cities with a population of one million
 or more
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 17-1006 to read as follows:

 

S 17-1006. COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION
 OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
 EVERY OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A FACILITY, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  SECTION  17-1003  OF  THIS TITLE, LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPU
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SHALL  UNDERTAKE  COMPREHENSIVE  ACCIDENT
 PREVENTION PLANNING FOR THE PREVENTION OF SPILLS AND LEAKS OF PETROLEUM,
 AND  SHALL  HIRE  AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO AUDIT, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS,
 THE IMPLEMENTATION BY SUCH OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE HAZARD CONTROL  PLAN
 ADOPTED FOR SUCH FACILITY.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of
 environmental conservation may promulgate rules and  regulations  neces
 sary  to  effectuate  the provisions of this act prior to such effective
 date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00446-01-1

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