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A04857 Summary:

BILL NOA04857 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05915

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SPONSORDurso

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §15-0506, En Con L

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Requires that regular dredging of navigable waterways is scheduled in order to plan and finance to ensure the safe navigability and reliability of waterways in this state; requires a scheduled plan to be filed with DEC.

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BILL NOA04857 

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02/06/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4857

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to sche-
 duled dredging of navigable waters

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

 1 Section 1. This act may be referred to as the "Desludging Requirements
 2 for Every Designated Geographic Environment Act" or the "DREDGE Act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that the
 4 maintenance of our navigable waterways is critical for public safety,
 5 the environment, and the economy. Most experts agree that regular
 6 dredging of navigable waterways ensures that each of these metrics are
 7 maintained. The legislature further finds that, on average, most naviga-
 8 ble waterways should be dredged every eight years, but without proper
 9 planning at the federal, state and local level, those years can quickly
 10 come up without the funding, resources, or a schedule in place. For
 11 example, the Browns River in the Town of Islip has not been dredged in
 12 nearly 17 years--more than double the recommended time dredging should
 13 take place. This legislation is necessary to ensure that regular dredg-
 14 ing is planned and financed to ensure the safe navigability and reli-
 15 ability of our pristine waterways.
 16 § 3. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 17 section 15-0506 to read as follows:
 18 § 15-0506. Regularly scheduled dredging of navigable waters in the
 19 state.
 20 1. The state and each municipality that has a navigable waterway with-
 21 in its jurisdictional control and maintenance shall develop a schedule
 22 for regular dredging of such waterway that shall be filed with the
 23 department. Such schedule shall be updated at least annually and shall
 24 be made available on the department's website.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04079-01-5

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 1 2. If a waterway is under the control of more than one level of
 2 government, or requires more than one level of government to work
 3 together to dredge the waterway, the respective levels of governments
 4 and/or municipalities shall enter into an agreement as to each level of
 5 government and/or municipality's respective responsibilities and an
 6 agreed upon schedule for dredging the waterway. Such schedule shall be
 7 updated at least annually and shall be made available on the depart-
 8 ment's website.
 9 3. If the waterway is a federal waterway that requires the state
 10 and/or local municipalities to undertake preliminary or concurrent work,
 11 including but not limited to, having an available spoil site, for the
 12 federal government to begin or complete its work, the state and/or local
 13 municipalities shall develop a schedule to complete such work. If more
 14 than one level of government is required to undertake such work, the
 15 respective levels of governments and/or municipalities shall enter into
 16 an agreement as to each level of government and/or municipality's
 17 respective responsibilities and an agreed upon schedule to do the work.
 18 Such schedule shall be updated at least annually and shall be made
 19 available on the department's website.
 20 4. Nothing contained in this section shall impair, impede, or super-
 21 sede any emergency wo