New York S 5010: Creates a road salt applicator training program for use by state agencies and state contractors

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S05010 Summary:

BILL NOS05010B

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SAME ASSAME AS A10050-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §23, Transp L

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Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish a set of comprehensive road salt reduction policies and to design a road salt applicator training program; requires the department, every state agency and state contractor which uses road salt to use such training materials to train and inform employees on the best practices of using such materials.

Go to top S05010 Actions:

BILL NOS05010B

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/22/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

04/22/2026PRINT NUMBER 5010A

06/01/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

06/01/2026PRINT NUMBER 5010B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5010--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 transportation law, in relation to creating a road
 salt reduction policies and applicator training program and requiring
 the training of state agencies and state contractors which use road
 salt

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

 1 Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
 2 23 to read as follows:
 3 § 23. Road salt reduction policies and applicator training program. 1.
 4 (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "road salt" shall mean a
 5 mineral form of sodium chloride which melts snow and ice by lowering the
 6 freezing point of water.
 7 (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of envi-
 8 ronmental conservation, shall, no later than December first, two thou-
 9 sand twenty-seven, establish a set of comprehensive road salt reduction
 10 policies and standards to include, but not be limited to, reasonable
 11 application methods, techniques, rates and frequencies to measurably
 12 reduce road salt applied to public roadways, enhancement of winter road
 13 maintenance levels of service and best management practices, and moni-
 14 toring and operational plan goals, objectives, and activities.
 15 2. (a) The commissioner shall, no later than December first, two thou-
 16 sand twenty-eight, design a road salt applicator training program to
 17 train road salt applicators in meeting the standards of the road salt
 18 reduction policies established pursuant to subdivision one of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09748-03-6

 S. 5010--B 2

 1 section. Such road salt applicator training program shall include, but
 2 need not be limited to:
 3 (i) Instruction in the science of road salt, granular road salt alter-
 4 natives and road salt pollution;
 5 (ii) Training materials regarding the environmental and human health
 6 impacts of road salt;
 7 (iii) Best practices for the application of sodium chloride to roads,
 8 parking lots, and sidewalks, such as the establishment of baseline stan-
 9 dards for salt application policies and practices for winter management
 10 operations;
 11 (iv) Use of state of the art equipment for snow and ice removal;
 12 (v) Use of monitoring technologies for annual reporting of road salt
 13 use by location;
 14 (vi) A plan of action for the reduction or elimination of sodium chlo-
 15 ride pollution in environmentally sensitive areas;
 16 (vii) A verification process for assuring best practices are being
 17 implemented and shall continue to be implemented;
 18 (viii) The use of ro