08/16/07 - Latimer Took Up The Cause After Reading About Oppenheimer's Bill In The Journal News. This Was After CT And The EPA Stopped Small Boat Dumping In Long Island Sound.
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Bill In The Journal News. This Was After CT And The EPA Stopped Small
Boat Dumping In Long Island Sound.
HEADLINE:
Discharge ban proposed
STORY:
Latimer has just sponsored a bill calling for a ban on boats
discharging their treated waste from Port Chester to New Rochelle and
Pelham Manor. The bill is exactly the same as one Oppenheimer has
sponsored in the Senate. .......
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entire story.
Source: The Nature of Things - http://nature.lohudblogs.com
Publication Date: August 16, 2007
Reporter: Ken Valenti at klva...@lohud.com
Source URL: http://nature.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/16/discharge-ban-proposed/
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9375
2007-2008 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
August 14, 2007
___________
Introduced by M. of A. LATIMER -- read once and referred to
the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to
regulating the
disposal of sewage from watercraft and marinas and
prohibiting the
littering of waterways
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE
AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 33-c of the
navigation law, as
2 amended by chapter 199 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
read as
3 follows:
4 8. All marinas that provide pumpout facilities and dump
stations for
5 the handling and disposal of sewage from marine holding tanks
and port-
6 able toilets shall do so in a manner that will prevent the
pollution of
7 the surface waters of the state. The facilities for
unloading and
8 disposal of such sewage shall be approved by either the
local or the
9 state health department in accordance with {guidelines set
forth by the
10 department in consultation with the department of health} THE
REQUIRE-
11 MENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS
SECTION. The
12 department of environmental conservation shall require that
municipal
13 sewage treatment facilities accept such waste originating
from marine
14 holding tanks and portable toilets unless the commissioner
determines
15 that such action would cause an unacceptable threat to human
health or
16 the environment or the operation of a sewage treatment plant.
NOTWITH-
17 STANDING THE FOREGOING, WESTCHESTER COUNTY SHALL BE EMPOWERED
TO REQUIRE
18 BY ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW, THAT ANY MARINA, WITHIN THE COUNTY
OF WEST-
19 CHESTER, PROVIDE FOR THE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE
FROM HOLDING
20 TANKS OF WATERCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH
LOCAL LAW.
21 S 2. Section 33-c of the navigation law is amended by
adding a new
22 subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
23 11-A. THE DEPARTMENT IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO REQUEST FROM
THE FEDERAL
24 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. S 140.4,
A DESIG-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in
brackets
{ } is old law to be omitted.
LBD05380-01-7
A. 9375 2
1 NATION THAT WATERS OF THIS STATE WITHIN THE MARINE
JURISDICTIONAL BOUND-
2 ARIES OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, (MID-POINT OF THE HUDSON RIVER AND
THE LONG
3 ISLAND SOUND), BE DEEMED A "NO-DISCHARGE ZONE." SUCH REQUEST
SHALL BE
4 MADE NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBDIVI-
5 SION.
6 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
On Aug 16, 4:37 pm, PortChesterRoun...@gmail.com wrote:
> 08/16/07 - Latimer Took Up The Cause After Reading About Oppenheimer's
> Bill In The Journal News. This Was After CT And The EPA Stopped Small
> Boat Dumping In Long Island Sound.
>
> HEADLINE:
>
> Discharge ban proposed
>
> STORY:
>
> Latimer has just sponsored a bill calling for a ban on boats
> discharging their treated waste from Port Chester to New Rochelle and
> Pelham Manor. The bill is exactly the same as one Oppenheimer has
> sponsored in the Senate. .......
>
> In compliance with copyright and fair use standards, this story has
> been truncated. Please click on the Source URL link below to read the
> entire story.
>
> Source: The Nature of Things -http://nature.lohudblogs.com
>
> Publication Date: August 16, 2007
>
> Reporter: Ken Valenti at klval...@lohud.com
>
> Source URL:http://nature.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/16/discharge-ban-proposed/