NY A03237

Requires all persons intending to construct a gas gathering line or pipeline facility to file spatial mapping data, including geographic information system data, with the Department of Public Service detailing the proposed location

Directs the Department of Public Service, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Conservation, to establish and maintain a computer mapping system for plotting the locations of gathering lines and pipeline facilities with overlays of locations subject to Article 23 of the Environmental Conservation Law

Defines "gathering line" as a pipeline transporting gas from a production facility to a transmission line, main, or directly to an end user

Defines "pipeline facility" as new and existing pipelines, rights-of-way, and related equipment used in gas transportation and treatment, excluding local distribution company transmission and distribution systems and federally-authorized natural gas company transmission pipelines

Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with authority for the Department to adopt necessary rules and regulations immediately