New York S 1506: Relates to the transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas; repealer

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S01506 Summary:

BILL NOS01506 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORO'MARA

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §23-1713 subs 1, 3 & 4, amd §§23-1713, 23-1715 & 23-1717, En Con L

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Relates to the transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1506

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- 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 the
 transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas, and to repeal
 certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 23-1713 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as added by chapter 892 of the laws of 1976, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 [2. The department of transportation in consultation with the depart-
 5 ment of environmental conservation shall establish criteria for the
 6 safe] All transportation of such liquefied natural and petroleum gas[.
 7 Such criteria shall take into consideration the proximity of the route
 8 or routes to contiguous populations, the capability of municipal fire
 9 departments to protect communities and contiguous populations against
 10 fire cloud damage attendant upon vapor release of the gas from its cryo-
 11 genic state due to accident or malfunction in equipment, and the risk of
 12 further accident related thereto and conflagration attendant upon its
 13 ignition. Such department's criteria shall be no less restrictive than
 14 existing federal regulations. Such department shall within one year from
 15 the effective date of this section, adopt regulations prescribing the
 16 forms and procedures to be followed, which shall include notice to all
 17 affected municipal police and fire departments, for the certification of
 18 routes to be used for the safe intrastate transportation of such lique-
 19 fied natural and petroleum gas] shall comply with all applicable federal
 20 and state laws, rules and regulations and be conducted by carriers with
 21 a hazardous materials safety permit issued by the federal motor carrier
 22 safety administration.
 23 § 2. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 23-1713 of the environmental
 24 conservation law are REPEALED.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04411-01-5

 S. 1506 2

 1 § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 23-1715 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 1979, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. The department shall have continuing responsibility of inspection
 5 to insure compliance with the terms of an environmental safety permit
 6 issued under section 23-1707[, of route certification under section
 7 23-1713,] and with regard to non-conforming facilities under section
 8 23-1719, all in accordance with the terms of this title. It may do so
 9 either with its own personnel exclusively, or by contract with one or
 10 more of the affected municipalities, utilizing municipal inspection
 11 personnel, or with one or more private firms qualified to monitor
 12 compliance and certify with respect thereto, or by a combination of the
 13 foregoing means as it may by regulation provide.
 14 4. In the event of the failure of the holder of an environmental safe-
 15 ty permit issued under section 23-1707[, of route certification under
 16 section 23-1713,] or of a non-conforming facility under section 23-1719
 17 to comply with the terms thereof or the provisions of the rules and
 18 regulations adopted under article 70 of this chapter, the department may
 19 revoke said permit or certificate pursuant to the provisions of article
 20 70 of this chapter an