New York A 5626: Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; repealer

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A05626 Summary:

BILL NOA05626A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRGallagher, Davila

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§23-2711 & 23-2715, rpld §23-2711 sub 9, En Con L; amd §81, Pub Lds L

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Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination.

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BILL NOA05626A

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02/18/2025referred to environmental conservation

03/10/2025amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation

03/10/2025print number 5626a

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5626--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, GALLAGHER, DAVILA -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the public lands
 law, in relation to permits and financial security for reclamation for
 salt mining beneath a lake; and to repeal certain provisions of the
 environmental conservation law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11 and 12 of section 23-2711 of
 2 the environmental conservation law, subdivisions 1, 2, 4 and 8 as
 3 amended and subdivisions 3, 11 and 12 as added by chapter 166 of the
 4 laws of 1991, are amended and two new subdivisions 11-a and 14 are added
 5 to read as follows:
 6 1. After September first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, any person who
 7 mines or proposes to mine from each mine site more than one thousand
 8 tons or seven hundred fifty cubic yards, whichever is less, of minerals
 9 from the earth within [twelve successive calendar months] one year or
 10 who mines or proposes to mine over one hundred cubic yards of minerals
 11 from or adjacent to or under any body of water not subject to the juris-
 12 diction of article fifteen of this chapter or to the public lands law
 13 shall not engage in such mining unless a permit for such mining opera-
 14 tion has been obtained from the department. A separate permit shall be
 15 obtained for each mine site.
 16 2. Applications for permits and permit renewals may be submitted for
 17 annual terms not to exceed five years. A complete application for a new
 18 or renewal mining permit shall contain the following:
 19 (a) completed application forms;
 20 (b) a mined land-use plan;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03813-06-5

 A. 5626--A 2

 1 (c) a statement by the applicant and political subdivision in which
 2 the mine is to be located that mining is not prohibited at that
 3 location; and
 4 (d) such additional information as the department may require, includ-
 5 ing but not limited to an environmental impact statement pursuant to
 6 subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section 8-0113
 7 of this chapter.
 8 3. Upon receipt of a complete application for a mining permit, for a
 9 property not previously permitted pursuant to this title, a notice shall
 10 be sent by the department, by certified mail, to the chief administra-
 11 tive officer of the political subdivision in which the proposed mine is
 12 to be located [(hereafter, "local government")]. Such notice will be
 13 accompanied by copies of all documents which comprise the complete
 14 application and shall state whether the application is a major project
 15 or a minor project as described in article seventy of this chapter.
 16 (a) The chief administrative officer may make a determination, and
 17 notify the department and applicant, in regard to:
 18 (i