New York A 3091: Relates to environmental restoration projects; repealer

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A03091 Summary:

BILL NOA03091B

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SAME ASSAME AS S00672-B

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§56-0501, 56-0502, 56-0503, 56-0505 & 56-0509, rpld §56-0502 sub 1, §56-0505 sub 2, En Con L

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Relates to the completion and funding of environmental restoration projects.

Go to top A03091 Actions:

BILL NOA03091B

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01/23/2025referred to environmental conservation

03/10/2025amend and recommit to environmental conservation

03/10/2025print number 3091a

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

02/03/2026amend and recommit to environmental conservation

02/03/2026print number 3091b

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Go to topA03091 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3091--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
 tion in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to envi-
 ronmental restoration projects; 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. Section 56-0501 of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. Beginning in the state fiscal year next succeeding the effective
 4 date of this subdivision, environmental restoration projects may be
 5 funded within available appropriations.
 6 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 56-0502 of the environmental conserva-
 7 tion law is REPEALED.
 8 § 3. Subdivisions 1-a and 5 of section 56-0502 of the environmental
 9 conservation law, subdivision 1-a as added and subdivision 5 as amended
 10 by section 2 of part D of chapter 577 of the laws of 2004, are amended
 11 and two new subdivisions 1 and 7 are added to read as follows:
 12 1. "Contaminant" shall mean hazardous waste as defined in section
 13 27-1301 of this chapter, petroleum as defined in section one hundred
 14 seventy-two of the navigation law, the chemicals identified in paragraph
 15 c of subdivision three of section eleven hundred twelve of the public
 16 health law whether or not listed pursuant to the authority of the
 17 department of health under such section and any other emerging contam-
 18 inants as defined in section eleven hundred twelve of the public health
 19 law, and any other PFAS substances for which a testing method has been
 20 recommended, certified, approved or is in use by the department, the
 21 department of health or the federal environmental protection agency.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00134-04-6

 A. 3091--B 2

 1 1-a. "Contamination" or "contaminated" shall [have the same meaning as
 2 provided in section 27-1405 of this chapter] mean the presence of a
 3 contaminant in any environmental media, including soil, surface water,
 4 groundwater, air, or indoor air.
 5 5. "Municipality", for purposes of this title, shall have the same
 6 meaning as provided in subdivision fifteen of section 56-0101 of this
 7 article, except that such term shall not refer to a municipality that
 8 [generated, transported, or disposed of, arranged for, or that caused
 9 the generation, transportation, or disposal of contamination located at
 10 real property proposed to be investigated or to be remediated under an
 11 environmental restoration project. For purposes of this title, the term
 12 municipality includes a municipality acting in partnership with a commu-
 13 nity based organization], through gross negligence or willful or inten-
 14 tional misconduct, caused or contributed to contamination, which threat-
 15 ens public health or the environment, at real