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NY A06314
Bill
Status
10/1/2018
Primary Sponsor
Fred Thiele
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AI Summary
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Allows counties with a population of one million or more that rely on designated sole source aquifers for drinking water to enact local laws requiring groundwater monitoring related to mining and mine reclamation activities.
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Adds groundwater monitoring requirements as a permitted local regulation, alongside existing local authority over zoning, general applicability ordinances, and non-permitted mining operations.
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Maintains state preemption of mining regulations while carving out this specific exception for groundwater protection in large counties dependent on sole source aquifers.
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Clarifies that state agencies cannot process mining permit applications in qualifying counties if local zoning laws prohibit mining in the proposed area.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Authorizes the enactment or enforcement of local laws or ordinances requiring the monitoring of groundwater impacts resulting from mining or the reclamation of mines within counties with a population of one million or more which draws its primary source of drinking water for a majority of county residents from a designated sole source aquifer.
Last Action
signed chap.298
10/1/2018