New York S 5652: Relates to mining in certain counties which draw the primary source of drinking water from a designated sole source aquifer

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S05652 Summary:

BILL NOS05652 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRWALCZYK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1885, Pub Auth L; amd Part W §1, Chap 58 of 2021

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Establishes the natural carbon sequestration research program to develop innovative science-based solutions to facilitate sequestration of carbon in New York's natural and working lands; provides funding for such program.

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02/26/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/13/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5652

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele-
 communications

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 the natural carbon sequestration research program; and to amend part W
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2021 authorizing the energy research and
 development authority to finance a portion of its research, develop-
 ment and demonstration, policy and planning, and Fuel NY program, as
 well as climate change related expenses of the department of environ-
 mental conservation and the department of agriculture and markets'
 Fuel NY program, from an assessment on gas and electric corporations,
 in relation to funding for the natural carbon sequestration research
 program

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

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1885 to read as follows:
 3 § 1885. Natural carbon sequestration research program. 1. There is
 4 hereby established the natural carbon sequestration research program.
 5 The purpose of the program is to develop innovative science-based
 6 solutions to facilitate sequestration of carbon in New York's natural
 7 and working lands in ways that decrease total greenhouse gas emissions.
 8 In developing the program, the New York state college of agriculture and
 9 life sciences as named pursuant to section fifty-seven hundred twelve of
 10 the education law shall conduct, support, and develop technologies and
 11 management strategies, along with verification systems to facilitate the
 12 natural drawdown of carbon from the atmosphere and storage underground.
 13 2. The program shall consider, but not be limited to, the following:
 14 stabilizing existing carbon in the soil, increasing carbon sequestration
 15 through new practices and cropping systems, purposefully amending the
 16 soil with biochar and compost to boost total soil carbon and promote

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10149-01-5

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 1 greenhouse gas life cycle benefits, advancing direct air capture of
 2 carbon dioxide in farmland and landscapes through enhanced weathering,
 3 utilizing other innovative technologies, and the synergies between such
 4 approaches, including agroforestry and reforestation to store carbon in
 5 both trees and soil while producing ancillary benefits for working
 6 lands. The research program shall also demonstrate successful technolo-
 7 gies in pilot locations throughout the state of New York and utilize the
 8 Cornell Cooperative Extension system for knowledge transfer.
 9 3. The program shall include, but not be limited to, research on the
 10 following topics, consistent with New York state's climate goals:
 11 (a) methods to sequester carbon in soils through nature-based
 12 solutions;
 13 (b) improvement or enhancement of photosynthesis in plant life and
 14 delivery to soil to facilitate carbon sequestration;
 15 (c) development and deployment of technologies to measure, model and
 16 verify carbon storage in natural and working lands;
 17 (d) research that facilitates productive agroforestry, afforestation
 18 and reforestation, including research that facilitates increased