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NY S02053
Bill
Status
1/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lea Webb
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AI Summary
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Requires permit renewals for salt mining beneath a lake to include an updated reclamation plan and a 30-year monitoring plan for all affected surface and subsurface lands
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Mandates full environmental impact statement review for salt mine permit renewals or transfers if no environmental impact statement has been prepared within the preceding 20 years
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Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to complete an environmental study within 180 days for any salt mining beneath a lake lacking a recent environmental impact statement, including public participation and comment periods
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Expands financial security requirements to cover damages from salt mining beneath lakes, including collapse or water contamination, with amounts determined using independent third-party actuarial expertise
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Limits the duration of any state-issued permit, consent, or lease for salt mining beneath a lake to match the duration of the corresponding DEC mining permit
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Takes effect 30 days after becoming law, with financial security provisions effective after 90 days and a 6-month compliance period for existing permittees
Legislative Description
Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
1/7/2026