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NY A03959
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Woerner
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AI Summary
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Requires the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) to mandate a 1:1 mitigation ratio for major electric transmission facility siting permits that impact grassland bird breeding or wintering habitats within DEC-designated grassland bird conservation centers
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Prohibits modification of mitigation requirements through calculations that divide habitat impact by five life cycles of habitat succession or other methods that would reduce the mitigation obligation
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Applies to any major electric transmission facility siting permit or application where the final net conservation benefit plan has not yet been approved by ORES
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Aims to provide a net conservation benefit for grassland bird populations in designated conservation centers by ensuring full acre-for-acre habitat replacement
Legislative Description
Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and three acres of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit.
Last Action
print number 3959b
1/9/2026