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NY A09781

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/8/2022

Primary Sponsor

Joseph DeStefano

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Origin

Assembly

2021-2022 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes Suffolk County to discontinue parkland designation and convey land to Sunrise Wind, LLC for constructing and operating underground electrical distribution infrastructure at Southaven County Park, Smith Point County Park, and Smith Point County Marina.

  • Requires Suffolk County to receive fair market value for the land interests being transferred as a condition of the authorization.

  • Designates specific temporary work areas (0.95, 8.86, and 76.21 acres) and subsurface parcels (0.11, 2.14, 11.41, and 1.68 acres) in Brookhaven for the electrical conduit system and transition infrastructure.

  • Requires Sunrise Wind, LLC to restore the surface of affected parkland to park-usable condition upon completion of construction, in consultation with Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation.

  • Mandates compliance with federal requirements if the parklands received any federal funding for purchase, maintenance, or improvement, including obtaining Secretary of the Interior approval that replacement lands are equivalent in fair market value and usefulness.

Legislative Description

Authorizes Suffolk county to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and to convey such lands to Sunrise Wind, LLC for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a subterranean conduit and electrical distribution cable system, together with subterranean transition joint bays and link boxes.

Last Action

enacting clause stricken

4/13/2022

Committee Referrals

Local Governments4/8/2022

Full Bill Text

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