New York S 5759: Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids

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S05759 Summary:

BILL NOS05759C

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SAME ASSAME AS A06192-D

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRCLEARE, COMRIE, FAHY, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAYER, SERRANO, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 8 §§27-0801 & 27-0803, §71-2704, En Con L

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Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; defines terms.

Go to top S05759 Actions:

BILL NOS05759C

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/07/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/07/2025PRINT NUMBER 5759A

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO AGRICULTURE

05/29/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

05/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 5759B

06/09/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 5759C

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1818

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to ways and means

06/13/2025substituted for a6192d

06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.730

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5759--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, CLEARE, COMRIE, FAHY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACK-
 SON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAYER, SERRANO, SKOUFIS -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
 on Agriculture -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 establishing a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids

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

 1 Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 8 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 8
 4 MORATORIUM ON THE SALE AND USE OF BIOSOLIDS
 5 Section 27-0801. Definitions.
 6 27-0803. Moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids.
 7 § 27-0801. Definitions.
 8 As used in this title:
 9 1. "Biosolids" means the accumulated semi-solids, solids or liquids
 10 resulting from treatment of wastewaters from publicly or privately owned
 11 or operated sewage treatment plants.
 12 2. "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" means a
 13 class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully
 14 fluorinated carbon atom.
 15 3. "Wastewater treatment facility" means any facility that treats
 16 wastewater, including but not limited to municipal sewage treatment

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10313-16-5

 S. 5759--C 2

 1 plants, industrial wastewater treatment plants, and septage treatment
 2 facilities.
 3 § 27-0803. Moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids.
 4 1. For the period commencing on the effective date of this title and
 5 ending five years after such date, a moratorium shall be established on
 6 the land application, and issuance, renewal, or approval of any permits
 7 related thereto, of:
 8 (a) biosolids generated from a publicly or privately owned or operated
 9 wastewater treatment facility;
 10 (b) compost material that included in its production biosolids gener-
 11 ated from a publicly or privately owned or operated wastewater treatment
 12 facility; and
 13 (c) any other product or material that is intended for use as a ferti-
 14 lizer, soil amendment, topsoil replacement or mulch, or for other simi-
 15 lar agricultural purposes including parks, golf courses, or other non-
 16 crop land applications, that is derived from or contains biosol