New York S 672: Relates to environmental restoration projects; repealer

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S00672 Summary:

BILL NOS00672B

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SAME ASSAME AS A03091-B

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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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 S00672 Actions:

BILL NOS00672B

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/07/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/07/2025PRINT NUMBER 672A

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

02/05/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

02/05/2026PRINT NUMBER 672B

02/09/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

02/09/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.291

02/10/2026PASSED SENATE

02/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/10/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 672--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
 on Finance -- 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-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00134-05-6

 S. 672--B 2

 1 inants as defined in section eleven hundred twelve of the public health
 2 law, and any other PFAS substances for which a testing method has been
 3 recommended, certified, approved or is in use by the department, the
 4 department of health or the federal environmental protection agency.
 5 1-a. "Contamination" or "contaminated" shall [have the same meaning as
 6 provided in section 27-1405 of this chapter] mean the presence of a
 7 contaminant in any environmental media, including soil, surface water,
 8 groundwater, air, or indoor air.
 9 5. "Municipality", for purposes of this title, shall have the same
 10 meaning as provided in subdivision fifteen of section 56-0101 of this
 11 article, except that such term shall not refer to a municipality that
 12 [generated, transported, or disposed of, arranged for, or that caused
 13 the generation, transportation, or disposal of contamination located at
 14 real property proposed to be investigated or to b