NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2385

Senate Bill S2385

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires monitoring by DEC of water contamination throughout the state and notification of such contamination by the department of health

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2017-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §15-0319, amd §15-0107, En Con L; add §224-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S5915
2013-2014: S1836
2015-2016: S3747

2017-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires monitoring by DEC of water contamination throughout the state and notification to residents of the state of such contamination by the department of health and the public health and health planning council; provides that the department of health shall disseminate special alerts to the public through television, radio and social media outlets where DEC determines unacceptable levels of water contamination.

2017-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2385

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the environmental conservation law
and the public health law, in relation to monitoring and notifying
residents of the state of water contamination

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

With billions of gallons of untreated sewage being released into New
York's waters each year, it is crucial to pass a strong monitoring and
notification law that informs the public about the duality of our
waterways, particularly with respect to pollution from sewage.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one: The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 15-0319. Study of water contamination; Contamination
levels must he recorded over a one year period, starting 60 days after
the passage of this law. The data shall be used by the Department of
Environmental Conservation to create a predictive model, detailing
levels of pollution in different parts of the state at various points
during the year.

The Department of Environmental Conservation shall continue to collect
and analyze the data after the one year period is over. The Department
of Environmental Conservation may perform the data collection and

analysis in conjunction with county departments of health and any
other municipalities and agencies.

The data, collected by the Department of Environmental Conservation,
shall be shared with the Department of State which shall use existing
communications system to notify the public on an ongoing basis about
the levels of contamination in the water. The data shall be available
in a systemic and regional specific manner.

The Department of Environmental Conservation in conjunction with
Department of Health shall establish a coding system that delineates
levels of contamination in the water. The Department of State shall
use this system to issue constant updates on New York's water quality
to notify New Yorkers in the event levels of toxins in the water
become dangerous.

Section two: The public health law is amended by adding a new section
224-c. Water quality information; The public health and health
planning council shall provide constant updates to residents of the
state regarding the quality of water throughout the state using
information received by the department of environmental conservation,
pursuant to section 15-0319 of the environmental conservation law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Bodies of water around the state must be monitored in an ongoing basis
by the Department of Environmental Conservation. We have come to
except storm warnings, amber alerts, traffic alerts, bail water
alerts, and even pollen warnings. A monitoring and alert system is
needed to inform the public when our oceans, lakes, rivers, aquifers,
and other bodies of water become contaminated with sewage. Currently.
New York State does not have an appropriate monitoring and reporting
system in place to Protect the public from polluted waters. At
recently in the summer of 2011, there have been incidents where New
Yorkers have unwittingly come into contact with polluted waters.
Information about potential health risks must be available to the
public. In addition to having regular updates on water contamination
levels, it's important that there be special alerts notifying the
public.

Instead of a patchwork of notification systems, that often vary by
localities, a uniform system that capitalizes on systems already
present at the Department of Environmental Conservation and Department
of State will benefit New Yorkers and help enhance protections for
their health and the environment.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: Referred to environmental conservation

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect 60 days after becoming law.

2017-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2385
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- 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 and the public health
   law, in relation to monitoring and notifying residents of the state of
   water contamination

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 15-0107 of the environmental conservation  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
 § 15-0107. Definitions as used in this article.
   1.  "CHRONIC  SEWAGE  CONTAMINATION"  MEANS  WATER  QUALITY THAT FAILS
 APPLICABLE WATER QUALITY CRITERIA MORE THAN THIRTY PERCENT OF  THE  TIME
 OVER A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD.
   2.  "COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING" AS USED IN TITLE 11 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL
 BE DEEMED TO MEAN MULTI-PURPOSE PLANNING FOR AT LEAST TWO, AND  AS  MANY
 MORE  AS  MAY BE FOUND TO BE PRACTICABLE AND REASONABLE, OF THE PURPOSES
 AND USES AS PROVIDED BY THIS  ARTICLE  OR  BY  ANY  OTHER  STATUTE,  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF WHICH AND THE PROCEDURES AUTHORIZED THEREBY ARE TO REMAIN
 IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
   3. "DISPOSAL" MEANS THE DISCHARGE, DEPOSIT, INJECTION, DUMPING, SPILL-
 ING, LEAKING OR PLACING OF ANY SUBSTANCE SO THAT SUCH SUBSTANCE  OR  ANY
 RELATED  CONSTITUENT  THEREOF MAY ENTER THE ENVIRONMENT, OR THE ABANDON-
 MENT OF ANY SUBSTANCE.
   4. "DISPOSAL SYSTEM" MEANS A SYSTEM FOR DISPOSING  OF  SEWAGE,  INDUS-
 TRIAL  WASTE  OR OTHER WASTES, AND INCLUDING SEWER SYSTEMS AND TREATMENT
 WORKS.
   5. "EXISTING USES" ARE THOSE USES ACTUALLY ATTAINED  IN  THE  BODY  OF
 WATER  ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 28, 1975, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE DESIGNATED
 USES.
   6. "MUNICIPALITY" OR "MUNICIPAL CORPORATION" INCLUDES A COUNTY,  CITY,
 TOWN AND VILLAGE.
   7. "Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, association or
 corporation other than the state and a "public corporation."

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05600-02-7

 S. 2385                             2
 
   [2.  "Public  corporation"  means  "public corporation"] 8.   "PRIMARY
 CONTACT RECREATION" MEANS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHERE THE  HUMAN  BODY
 MAY  COME IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH RAW WATER TO THE POINT OF COMPLETE BODY
 SUBMERGENCE. PRIMARY CONTACT RECREATION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
 SWIMMING, DIVING, WATER SKIING, SKIN DIVING AND SURFING.
   9. "CORPORATION" MEANS A CORPORATION as defined in [subdivision one of
 Section  3  of  the General Corporation Law] SUBPARAGRAPH 4 OF PARAGRAPH
 (A) OF SECTION 102 OF THE BUSINESS  CORPORATION  LAW  and  includes  all
 public  authorities, except the [Power Authority] POWER AUTHORITY of the
 [State] STATE of New York.
   [3. "Municipality" or "municipal corporation" includes a county, city,
 town and village.
   4.] 10. "RECREATIONAL ACCESS AREAS" MEANS POINTS OF ACCESS  TO  WATERS
 USED  BY  THE  PUBLIC FOR PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONTACT RECREATION ACTIV-
 ITIES.
   11. "RELEASE" SHALL MEAN AN OVERFLOW, SPILL, RELEASE OR  DIVERSION  OF
 SEWAGE  FROM  A DISPOSAL SYSTEM TO WATERS, INCLUDING RELEASES FROM SANI-
 TARY SYSTEM OVERFLOWS AND COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS WHICH ARE NOT  OTHER-
 WISE CATEGORIZED AS DISCHARGES.
   12. "SECONDARY CONTACT RECREATION" MEANS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHERE
 CONTACT  WITH  THE  WATER IS MINIMAL AND WHERE INGESTION OF THE WATER IS
 NOT PROBABLE. SECONDARY CONTACT RECREATION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT  LIMITED
 TO, FISHING AND BOATING.
   13. "SEWAGE" MEANS THE WATER-CARRIED HUMAN OR ANIMAL WASTES FROM RESI-
 DENCES,  BUILDINGS,  INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR OTHER PLACES, TOGETHER
 WITH SUCH GROUND WATER INFILTRATION AND SURFACE WATER AS MAY BE PRESENT.
 THE ADMIXTURE WITH SEWAGE AS ABOVE DEFINED OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES OR OTHER
 WASTES AS HEREAFTER DEFINED, SHALL ALSO BE  CONSIDERED  "SEWAGE"  WITHIN
 THE MEANING OF THIS ARTICLE.
   14.  "SEWER SYSTEM" OR "SEWERAGE SYSTEM" MEANS PIPE LINES OR CONDUITS,
 PUMPING STATIONS, AND FORCE MAINS, AND ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS, DEVICES,
 AND APPLIANCES APPURTENANT THERETO, USED FOR CONDUCTING  SEWAGE,  INDUS-
 TRIAL WASTE OR OTHER WASTES TO A POINT OF ULTIMATE DISPOSAL.
   15.  "SUPPLEMENTARY  WATER  QUALITY  DATA"  MEANS DATA COLLECTED BY OR
 PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES OR BY  PRIVATE
 CITIZENS,  NON-GOVERNMENTAL  ORGANIZATIONS  OR  EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 4 OF SECTION 15-0319 OF THIS ARTICLE IN ORDER TO
 ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF SUCH SECTION, IN ADDITION TO WATER QUALITY  DATA
 WHICH  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS  REQUIRED  TO COLLECT PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL
 CLEAN WATER ACT AND/OR ARTICLE 17 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   16. "TREATMENT WORKS" MEANS ANY PLANT, DISPOSAL FIELD, LAGOON, PUMPING
 STATION, CONSTRUCTED DRAINAGE DITCH OR SURFACE WATER INTERCEPTING DITCH,
 INCINERATOR, AREA DEVOTED TO SANITARY LAND FILLS,  OR  OTHER  WORKS  NOT
 SPECIFICALLY  MENTIONED  HEREIN,  INSTALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TREATING,
 NEUTRALIZING, STABILIZING OR DISPOSING OF SEWAGE,  INDUSTRIAL  WASTE  OR
 OTHER WASTES.
   17. "Waters" shall be construed to include lakes, bays, sounds, ponds,
 impounding  reservoirs, springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, estuar-
 ies, marshes, inlets, canals, the Atlantic ocean within the  territorial
 limits  of  the  state  of  New York, and all other bodies of surface or
 underground water, natural or artificial, inland or  coastal,  fresh  or
 salt, public or private, which are wholly or partially within or border-
 ing the state or within its jurisdiction.
   [5.] 18. "Water power" shall be construed to mean power developed from
 falling  or flowing water, and all electrical current and other forms of
 energy into which such power may be transformed.

 S. 2385                             3
 
   [6. The term "comprehensive planning" as used  in  title  11  of  this
 article shall be deemed to mean multi-purpose planning for at least two,
 and  as  many  more as may be found to be practicable and reasonable, of
 the purposes and uses as provided by this article 15  or  by  any  other
 statute,  the  provisions of which and the procedures authorized thereby
 are to remain in full force and effect.
   7.] 19. Other definitions, applicable to this article,  are  found  in
 sections 15-1301, 15-1703, 15-1973 and 15-2101.
   §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 15-0319 to read as follows:
 § 15-0319. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF SEWAGE DISCHARGES AND RELEASES.
   1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "BODY OR BODIES OF  WATER"  MEANS  ALL
 WATERS,  AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION 17 OF SECTION 15-0107 OF THE ARTICLE,
 WHICH ARE, OR COULD BE  AFFECTED,  EITHER  DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY,  BY
 SEWAGE  CONTAMINATION  RESULTING  FROM  A  DISCHARGE  OR  RELEASE FROM A
 DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND:
   (A) WHICH ARE DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR  PRIMARY  OR  SECONDARY
 CONTACT RECREATION USES; OR
   (B)  WHERE  PRIMARY  OR  SECONDARY  RECREATION ACTIVITIES ARE EXISTING
 USES; OR
   (C) FROM WHICH DRINKING WATER IS WITHDRAWN.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF
 REPORTED SEWAGE DISCHARGES AND RELEASES FROM DISPOSAL SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE
 THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH IN  ORDER  FOR  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH TO ISSUE WATER QUALITY ALERTS AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 224-C OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   3.  IN  ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AND, IN ADDITION
 TO WATER QUALITY SAMPLING REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH H OF  SUBDIVISION  5  OF
 SECTION  17-0303  OF  THIS  CHAPTER AND THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT, THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL MONITOR AND STUDY SEWAGE CONTAMINATION LEVELS IN BODIES
 OF WATER AT RECREATIONAL ACCESS AREAS IN ORDER TO NOTIFY THE  PUBLIC  OF
 LOCAL WATER QUALITY CONDITIONS AND, AS DATA AND DEPARTMENT RESOURCES MAY
 ALLOW,  TO  CREATE  WATER  QUALITY  MODELS THAT CAN PREDICT UNACCEPTABLE
 LEVELS OF SEWAGE CONTAMINATION IN SUCH BODIES OF WATER.  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  UTILIZE  SUPPLEMENTARY  WATER  QUALITY  DATA PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION 4 OF THIS SECTION.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT  COLLECTION
 AND  ANALYSIS  OF  WATER QUALITY ANNUALLY DURING THE RECREATIONAL SEASON
 FROM MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER. WATER QUALITY COLLECTION  AND  ANALYSIS  MAY
 ALSO  BE  PROVIDED  BY  COUNTY  DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH, MUNICIPALITIES OR
 AGENCIES TASKED WITH MONITORING WATER CONTAMINATION, PRIVATE LABS AND/OR
 NON-PROFIT OR CITIZEN GROUPS THAT PERFORM SUCH COLLECTION  AND  ANALYSIS
 IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE NEW YORK STATE VOLUN-
 TEER  LAKE MONITORING PROGRAM. MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS MAY
 PETITION THE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL BODIES  OF  WATER  TO  THE
 MONITORING LIST BASED ON CONSISTENT PUBLIC USE OF SUCH BODY OF WATER FOR
 PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONTACT RECREATION.
   4.  CITIZENS,  NON-GOVERNMENTAL  ORGANIZATIONS  AND EDUCATIONAL INSTI-
 TUTIONS, UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT, MAY MONITOR
 WATER QUALITY TO GATHER DATA ON SEWAGE CONTAMINATION OF BODIES OF  WATER
 AND  PROVIDE  SUCH DATA TO THE DEPARTMENT AS SUPPLEMENTARY WATER QUALITY
 DATA IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT WITH ACCOMPLISHING  THE  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  SECTION. SUCH MONITORING SHALL BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO PROTO-
 COLS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS AS  THE  DEPART-
 MENT MAY PROMULGATE BY REGULATION. SUCH SAMPLING SHALL OCCUR BETWEEN MAY
 AND  SEPTEMBER. SAMPLES MAY BE PROCESSED BY THE VOLUNTEERS AND FORWARDED
 TO A CONTRACT CHEMISTRY LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS.   CHEMISTRY  PARAMETERS

 S. 2385                             4

 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, TESTS FOR ESCHERICHIA COLI, FECAL
 COLIFORM,  TOTAL  COLIFORM  AND  ENTEROCOCCUS BACTERIA. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL ESTABLISH AND FILL A NEW PERMANENT POSITION OF PROGRAM COORDINATOR
 FOR THE MONITORING PROGRAM WITHIN THE DIVISION OF WATER. QUALITY CONTROL
 CHECKS  SHALL BE CARRIED OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS BY THE PROGRAM COORDINA-
 TOR.
   5. THE DATA RETRIEVED FROM THE STUDIES REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SIONS  3  AND  4  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SHARED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING COUN-
 CIL AND ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY WITH AN INTEREST IN SUCH INFORMA-
 TION.
   6. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND
 THE  PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL, SHALL ESTABLISH A CODING
 SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THE LEVELS OF SEWAGE CONTAMINATION  IN
 THE  WATER.    IN  ADDITION  TO THE CODED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, ALL WATER
 QUALITY DATA SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS IT IS COLLECTED IN
 AS NEAR TO REAL TIME AS POSSIBLE. WATER BODIES WHERE WATER QUALITY MONI-
 TORING IS NOT CONDUCTED SHALL BE LISTED AS SUCH.
   § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 224-c to
 read as follows:
   § 224-C. WATER QUALITY INFORMATION. 1. THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  AND  HEALTH
 PLANNING COUNCIL SHALL PROVIDE ONGOING UPDATES TO RESIDENTS OF THE STATE
 REGARDING  THE  QUALITY  OF WATER THROUGHOUT THE STATE USING INFORMATION
 RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  FROM  WATER
 QUALITY  MONITORING  AND  PREDICTIVE  WATER  QUALITY MODELS, PURSUANT TO
 SECTION 15-0319 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   2. INFORMATION SHALL BE DISSEMINATED TO RESIDENTS OF THE STATE THROUGH
 VARIOUS METHODS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   3. THE CODING SYSTEM, ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT, THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH
 PLANNING COUNCIL, PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  15-0319  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW,  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE,
 ALONG WITH THE WATER QUALITY SAMPLING DATA AND PREDICTIVE MODEL DATA.
   4. IF THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  DETERMINES  THAT
 THERE  ARE  UNACCEPTABLE  LEVELS OF SEWAGE CONTAMINATION, THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL DISSEMINATE WATER QUALITY ALERTS TO THE  PUBLIC.    WATER  QUALITY
 ALERTS  MUST  BE  ISSUED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND NO LATER THAN ONE HOUR
 AFTER THE STATE IS NOTIFIED, IN  THE  EVENT  OF  ANY  ACCIDENTAL  SEWAGE
 RELEASES  SUCH  AS SEWER COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE COMPONENT FAILURE AND
 UNPLANNED RELEASES FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. THE PUBLIC MUST  BE
 NOTIFIED  IN  REAL TIME WHEN EVENTS OR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED, BASED
 ON A PREDICTIVE MODEL OR PLANNED RELEASE, TO  CAUSE  UNACCEPTABLE  WATER
 QUALITY,  SUCH AS HEAVY RAIN IN AN AREA WITH COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS OR
 PLANNED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BYPASSES.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE
 ALERTS TO COMMUNICATIONS OUTLETS, INCLUDING  TELEVISION  AND  RADIO  AND
 CREATE  AND  UTILIZE  RELEVANT  SOCIAL  MEDIA OUTLETS TO COMMUNICATE ANY
 SPECIAL ALERTS TO STATE AND LOCAL RESIDENTS.  AT LOCATIONS WITH  CHRONIC
 SEWAGE  CONTAMINATION, SUCH AS ONGOING CONTAMINATION FROM FAILING SEPTIC
 SYSTEMS, SIGNS SHALL BE POSTED  TO  ALERT  THE  PUBLIC  OF  UNACCEPTABLE
 LEVELS  OF  SEWAGE  IN THE WATER. THE SIGNS MUST BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY
 THE PUBLIC AND MUST BE  MAINTAINED  UNTIL  WATER  QUALITY  IN  THE  AREA
 RETURNS TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF SEWAGE.
   §  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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