Environmental Conservation

NY - Senator Mark Grisanti (R)

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Chair

NY - Senator Tony Avella (D)

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Member

NY - Senator Adriano Espaillat (D)

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NY - Senator George Latimer (D)

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NY - Senator Kenneth P. LaValle (R)

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NY - Senator Elizabeth Little (R)

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NY - Senator Carl L Marcellino (R)

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NY - Senator George D. Maziarz (R)

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NY - Senator Thomas F. O'Mara (R)

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NY - Senator Jose M. Serrano (D)

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NY - Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk (D)

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NY - Senator Catharine Young (R)

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NY - S7718 Relates to requiring petroleum bulk storage facilities to provide a surety to be used in the case of a necessary cleanup and decontamination

NY - S7832 Directs the department of environmental conservation to create a report to hydraulically contain and remediate the Navy Grumman plume

NY - S7851 Relates to aquatic invasive species and spread prevention

NY - S3392 Relates to the filling of the Jamaica Bay borrow pits

NY - S4227 Authorizes the use of moneys in the open space account of the environmental protection fund for the support of the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership

NY - S7784 Relates to the environmental restoration program; responsible parties for petroleum contaminated sites and incentives to parties who are willing to remediate petroleum contaminated sites; repealer

NY - S7783 Relates to standards of performance for wastewater facilities

NY - S5747 Authorizes the conveyance of certain real property of the state to Karen R. Lynch of Wolcott, NY in exchange for real property of an equal or higher value, to be utilized for wildlife management purposes

NY - S5402 Relates to certain fees for fishing and trapping licenses

NY - S5412 Relates to prohibiting the acceptance of wastewater from oil or natural gas extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and landfills

NY - S5363 Exempts school districts from the requirements of smart growth

NY - S4844 Declares the waters of the state to be public trust resources

NY - S5269 Relates to the defense and indemnification of towns and villages by the state under the Long Island Pine Barrens Act

NY - S5233 Relates to environmental studies of property contaminated by petroleum discharge

NY - S5123 Prohibits the transportation of any waste product or byproduct from hydraulic fracturing operations

NY - S5176 Relates to state policy regarding the preservation of the unique qualities of the nighttime sky

NY - S5184 Relates to the licensure of collectors of yellow grease

NY - S5133 Relates to the cost of various hunting, fishing and trapping licenses

NY - S5105 Prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicles in the state forest preserve, Long Island central pine barrens area and Albany pine bush preserve

NY - S4900 Requires disclosure of environmental conservation permit applicant's record of compliance with state, federal, and foreign environmental regulations

NY - S4045 Establishes the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2014

NY - S4041 Relates to claims against insurers for petroleum spills

NY - S3444 Provides for a prohibition on the use of certain disposable food service ware

NY - S4028 Establishes the natural gas production contamination response and compensation program

NY - S4029 Enacts the climate change solutions program act

NY - S3419 Relates to food service waste reduction

NY - S3943 Relates to registry of preliminary sites under investigation for hazardous waste disposal on the DEC's website

NY - S3900 Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of duty station

NY - S3875 Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil

NY - S3833 Regulates the distribution of telephone directories and requires distributors to collect and recycle them

NY - S3834 Establishes special provisions for recycling of ionization smoke detectors and requires manufacturers to create a waste acceptance program for ionization smoke detectors

NY - S3742 Establishes the New York state climate change task force

NY - S3741 Relates to the minimum distance a firearm may be in the vicinity of school grounds, 1,000 feet

NY - S2769 Grants private citizens broad authorization to commence civil judicial actions under certain titles of the environmental conservation law

NY - S2690 Provides for aquaculture and shellfish regulation; repealer

NY - S2686 Provides for the licensing, regulation and protection of hunting ranch facilities

NY - S2582 Creates junior big game hunting license; describes rights and duties

NY - S2523 Includes the issuance and modification of zoning ordinances and regulations within the definition of the term "actions" for purposes of environmental quality review

NY - S2524 Permits commercial applicators of pesticides to apply pesticides in a dosage, concentration or frequency less than that specified on the labeling

NY - S2436 Relates to use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and best available technology by the state; repealer

NY - S2357 Prohibits the application of certain lawn fertilizers to any watersheds and drainage basins in certain counties

NY - S2284 Provides for the regulation of the conducting of hydraulic fracturing; repealer

NY - S2272 Provides that diesel fuel that contains a concentration of sulfur that is less than or equal to 15 parts per million shall not be sold unless it includes biodiesel

NY - S2262 Allows certain disabled persons to fish without a license

NY - S2203 Provides definition of integrated pest management

NY - S1223 Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products

NY - S1201 Suspends hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil

NY - S1112 Relates to fees charged for certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses

NY - S1145 Authorizes cities or towns to impose a tax on real estate transfers and authorizes municipalities to create community preservation funds

NY - S1115 Relates to exemptions from requirements for fishing licenses for members of the US armed forces who are on leave from active military duty

NY - S1102 Waives certain fishing and hunting fees for members of the United States armed forces in active service stationed within the state

NY - S1104 Provides for lifetime license for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

NY - S1039 Relates to limiting, restricting or prohibiting trapping

NY - S1027 Authorizes the attorney general to enforce the provisions of the environmental conservation law and its rules and regulations in the name of the people of the state

NY - S1019 Deposits for refillable beverage containers

NY - S974 Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for 5 years or as long as gas is produced

NY - S983 Provides for the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses, free of charge, to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers

NY - S922 Requires cities with populations over 45,000 to incrementally reduce emissions in diesel powered motor vehicles owned by city agencies

NY - S931 Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones

NY - S873 Requires mandatory compliance with existing safe handling and personal protective measures by workers who come into contact with pressure-treated wood marine piling

NY - S871 Prohibits the sale of expanded polystyrene loosefill packaging

NY - S849 Establishes a wind siting designation board

NY - S830 Makes provisions regarding environmental benefit projects in lieu of civil penalties

NY - S765 Relates to the taking of fish for commercial purposes

NY - S730 Prohibits the disposal in a solid waste facility of lamps containing mercury; requires manufacturers thereof to establish collection and recycling programs

NY - S732 Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps

NY - S734 Relates to natural gas development using hydraulic fracturing

NY - S724 Relates to eligibility for acceptance into the brownfield cleanup program; repealer

NY - S735 Relates to global warming pollution control

NY - S728 Relates to the definition of freshwater wetlands; repealer

NY - S692 Makes provisions regarding the siting of environmental facilities in minority communities or economically distressed areas

NY - S706 Limits medical waste treatment facilities construction, prohibits issuance of permits to facilities, provides for annual review of permits issued to previously-existing facilities

NY - S712 Provides that on publicly accessible municipally owned property where trapping is allowed posted signage at entry points must inform readers that trapping is allowed

NY - S674 Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas

NY - S675 Allows a person to institute an action for a violation of the provisions of the environmental quality review even if the injury does not affect the public at large

NY - S673 Prohibits the use of hydraulic fracturing in the extraction of oil and gas

NY - S664 Relates to the collection of mercury containing thermostats

NY - S650 Establishes a cigarette butt recycling program

NY - S623 Relates to requirements for lead agency

NY - S585 Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law

NY - S587 Establishes the climate change solutions fund

NY - S448 Establishes a moratorium on disposal of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing occurring outside the state until 120 days after federal EPA issues report thereon

NY - S447 Assigns liability to a producer for actions leading to a public water system's failure to meet filtration avoidance criteria resulting in the loss of filtration

NY - S408 Prohibits radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations from being sited within one thousand five hundred feet of school property

NY - S292 Protects certain information on hunting, fishing and trapping license and permit applications from disclosure

NY - S287 Relates to management of wildlife resources

NY - S321 Requires environmental impact statements to consider cumulative effects of an action

NY - S326 Requires a seismological impact study related to hydrofracking

NY - S336 Requires a health impacts assessment for horizontal gas drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing

NY - S4998 Prohibits special assessments on hazardous wastes generated at a brownfield site administered voluntarily by a city, town, village or county

NY - S5587 Relates to end of life vehicle processing facilities

NY - S5485 Requires pesticide applicators and businesses to notify emergency response organizations of chemicals used and stored

NY - S620 Declares a policy of equal treatment in development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies

NY - S5855 Relates to hunting in the county of Livingston

NY - S5927 Requires the collection and deposit of a five cent charge for each plastic bag provided by a retailer to its customers and a five cent charge on each piece of plastic film shipped to the state; repealer

NY - S5925 Enacts the clean water/clean air/green jobs bond act of 2014

NY - S5054 Relates to environmental restoration investigation projects upon parcels in tax lien foreclosure proceedings

NY - S6574 Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to create gift cards for hunting and fishing licenses

NY - S6617 Relates to future climate risk and/or sea level rise projections and other weather-related data

NY - S6630 Relates to hunting in the county of Suffolk and the requirement that towns issue hunting permits

NY - S6903 Relates to public safety and big cats

NY - S6973 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad

NY - S6978 Extends the special powers of the environmental facilities corporation

NY - S7040 Relates to a ban on the sale, purchase, trade, barter, and distribution of certain ivory articles

NY - S6982 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage the American eel

NY - S7159 Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters

NY - S7194 Prohibits the sale, purchase, trade, barter and distribution of certain ivory articles

NY - S7216 Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage clams

NY - S7231 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 certain counties

NY - S7247 Regulates the maintenance of unimproved roads

NY - S7411 Relates to future climate risk including sea level rise projections and other weather-related data

NY - S7409 Relates to the recycling of plastic bags

NY - S7456 Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps

NY - S7457 Relates to global warming pollution control

NY - S7489 Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to grant an easement through the Boutwell Hill state forest for electric generation facilities associated with a wind powered electric generation project

NY - S7474 Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle

NY - S7508 Relates to long bow hunting seasons in the state

NY - S7598 Relates to creating a climate action council to set greenhouse gas emission reduction goals

NY - S7804 Establishes the Long Island water quality control act and the Long Island commission on aquifer protection

NY - S7806 Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of children's foam mats containing formamide

NY - S7632 Relates to conditions and procedures for undertaking an environmental restoration project

NY - S1699 Permits hunting with crossbows in certain circumstances

NY - S3059 Allows the use of spears, spearguns and underwater guns in commercial and recreational bass fishing

NY - S3823 Allows recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

NY - S4419 Authorizes the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southold, and Southampton in the county of Suffolk to adopt local laws in certain cases related to taking wild deer

NY - S4410 Provides for the recovery, reuse and recycling of hardcover books

NY - S4381 Prohibits the sale of pavement products containing coal tar; prohibits the use of pavement products containing coal tar

NY - S4396 Authorizes directors of soil and water conservation districts to implement preventative and control measures for the spread of invasive species

NY - S4236 Suspends the issuance of permits for drilling wells for natural gas extraction in certain areas

NY - S4356 Authorizes directors of soil and water conservation districts to undertake public information and education programs relating to water and soil conservation

NY - S4318 Provides for disposal of automotive mercury switches

NY - S4303 Provides for the impoundment and forfeiture of machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft and equipment after a previous conviction of illegally harvesting timber

NY - S4286 Prohibits the DEC from restricting the burning of garbage, refuse or rubbish in an open fire under certain circumstances

NY - S4276 Enacts the "look before you leap act of 2014" to establish a 5 year moratorium on high volume hydraulic fracturing and the conducting of an investigation thereon

NY - S4224 Enacts the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act to reduce harmful outdoor lighting

NY - S4214 Establishes the Clean and Green Energy Corps

NY - S4100 Relates to the periodic preparation of a state deer management plan by the department of environmental conservation

NY - S4086 Provides for an environmental and public health study by the department of environmental conservation on the use of synthetic turf

NY - S4074 Makes contests and competitions to take wildlife unlawful

NY - S3102 Requires solid waste management plans for the city of New York to include adequate trash receptacles in commercial zones and public recreational areas

NY - S3060 Relates to the powers and duties of enforcement officers

NY - S2201 Restricts the use of decabromodiphenyl ether in certain products

NY - S2195 Provides for the regulation of aquaculture for the purpose of developing fish-farming businesses as an alternative cash crop for farms across the state; repealer

NY - S2125 Decreases application fees for tidal wetlands permits

NY - S2072 Directs the department of environmental conservation to expedite cleanup efforts at the former Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation facility in Bethpage

NY - S2039 Relates to permitting the use of peregrine falcons in falconry

NY - S1984 Relates to laboratory testing and sample analysis of mineral resources

NY - S1933 Enacts the "monk parakeet protection act"

NY - S1932 Makes monk (Quaker) parakeets protected birds

NY - S1949 Authorizes special access to hunting and fishing grounds on state land for handicapped individuals

NY - S1892 Prohibits the treatment of all waste resulting from the production of crude oil or natural gas in certain areas of the state

NY - S1884 Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses

NY - S1851 Provides for local tidal wetlands protection

NY - S1857 Adds national estuary implementation projects as projects eligible for state funding pursuant to the environmental protection fund

NY - S1836 Requires monitoring by DEC of water contamination throughout the state and notification of such contamination by the department of health

NY - S245 Authorizes the installation of water usage sub-meters by owners of multiple dwellings

NY - S196 Requires comprehensive accident prevention planning for the prevention of petroleum spills and leaks, and auditing thereof, in certain cities

NY - S189 Provides for the establishment of a small business and household pollution prevention program, including collection events and grants therefor

NY - S203 Requires automobile dealers display a "Gallons-Per-Mile Fuel Savings Guide"

NY - S193 Declares a policy of equal treatment in development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies

NY - S191 Provides for the phase-out of state use of pesticides on state property and for state agency pest management plans

NY - S200 Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles

NY - S155 Provides that the regulation of pesticides in New York state shall conform to the standards set by the environmental protection agency; repealer

NY - S90 Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state

NY - S91 Requires the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion

NY - S31 Establishes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the drilling of wells and prohibits drilling within two miles of the New York city water supply infrastructure

NY - S24 Relates to the regulation of the drilling of natural gas resources

NY - S6220 Prohibits the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas production

NY - S4223 Provides DEC the authority for abatement of certain noncompliant vehicle dismantling facilities and closed solid waste landfills

NY - S4118 Establishes statewide green jobs development and recruitment strategy and creating tax credit incentives to attract green jobs

NY - S4046 Relates to high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing

NY - S4690 Establishes the paint stewardship program

NY - S4195 Eliminates the expiration of and makes permanent, provisions of law authorizing an individual to fish with up to 3 lines in freshwater

NY - S4443 Creates the Long Island aquifer commission; repealer

NY - S3703 Relates to expanding the TRIS-free children and babies act

NY - S5984 Provides that disabled persons may utilize a crossbow in the taking of big game or small game, provided that they submit their disability status to the department

NY - S2170 Provides that snapping turtles may be taken with the hands or by trapping

NY - S2752 Authorizes a study of animal life in the vicinity of the Dewey Loeffel Hazardous Waste Site

NY - S5817 Relates to the recycling of film plastic

NY - S5956 Establishes the Long Island water pollution control act

NY - S6317 Prohibits the discharge of a firearm or long bow within 1000 feet of a school or school playground

NY - S6325 Relates to muzzle-loading deer hunting season in the southern zone

NY - S6419 Relates to the definition of immediate family

NY - S6644 Relates to regulating the removal of turkeys and geese from a locality

NY - S6729 Relates to the regulation of cadmium-added novelty consumer products

NY - S6753 Relates to the provision of grants for retrofit technology for heavy duty vehicles; and authorizes the NYS energy research and development authority to expend funds for retrofit technology

NY - S6992 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage the American shad

NY - S6991 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage alewife

NY - S6986 Relates to the water quality standards for coliform; repealer

NY - S6988 Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage fish

NY - S6984 Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blackfish

NY - S6983 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish

NY - S7013 Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish

NY - S7070 Relates to disclosing water impoundment structures in property condition disclosure statements

NY - S6305 Expands the powers and duties of the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers partnership

NY - S7342 Excludes certain animals from the definition of "wildlife"

NY - S7803 Authorizes the commissioner of DEC to issue a commercial food fishing license to Kevin Lynch and to waive certain income eligibility requirements

NY - S4334 Allows soil and water conservation districts, acting in cooperation with local governments, to be eligible applicants for the local waterfront revitalization grant program

NY - S2564 Waives certain fishing and hunting fees for residents of the state who performed military service in combat or subject to hostile fire or imminent danger

NY - S5846 Relates to the criteria for siting and the transportation of liquefied natural and petroleum gas; repealer

NY - S4806 Expands the yearling buck protection program to include that portion of wildlife management unit 7P in the county of Chenango

NY - S5738 Relates to the regulation of surf clams/ocean quahogs

NY - S5729 Relates to brownfield site cleanup; repealer

NY - S4857 Relates to special surface water protection areas

NY - S4842 Prohibits high-volume hydraulic fracturing in reforestation areas

NY - S3580 Authorizes deer and bear hunting in the counties of Broome, Chenango and Tioga

NY - S2178 Prohibits the taking of striped bass during the period of January 1 to April 15

NY - S4657 Creates the High-volume Hydraulic Fracturing Waste Tracking Program

NY - S4656 Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading

NY - S4586 Enacts the "bird-friendly building council act" to establish a council to promote the use of bird-friendly building materials and design features in buildings

NY - S3632 Creates a state urban pesticide board to study and report on the application of pesticides in urban areas; requires alternative pesticide training

NY - S93 Regulates taking of elk or moose in the same manner as deer hunting and trapping are currently regulated

NY - S548 Relates to the regulation of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife; authorizes regulations by the department of environmental conservation

NY - S1119 Relates to liquefied natural gas storage facilities and transportation

NY - S3709 Makes permanent provisions for the registration requirements for recreational saltwater fishing

NY - S3707 Relates to granting tidal wetland permits

NY - S3638 Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to grant utility easements within reforestation areas upon certain findings

NY - S3608 Relates to thermal paper receipts containing bisphenol-A

NY - S719 Provides for source separation and disposal of recyclable materials and requires municipalities to adopt local laws providing therefor

NY - S3574 Enacts the "Peconic Bay estuary protection act"

NY - S3563 Exempts traps set in water from the requirement that they be visited once every 24 hours

NY - S3531 Prohibits the use of atrazine

NY - S3533 Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of toys, and liquids, foods and beverages in containers, for children 3 or younger, containing bisphenol A

NY - S3527 Directs the department of environmental conservation to grant Robert Zickmund, Sr. a license to fish conch

NY - S3513 Provides for the regulation by the department of environmental conservation of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A

NY - S3502 Relates to mandatory acceptance of empty beverage containers

NY - S3472 Establishes the New York state indigenous natural gas value added task force

NY - S3432 Prohibits the on-site storage of flowback water

NY - S3425 Provides that the failure to report a release of hazardous substances is a class A misdemeanor

NY - S3430 Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects

NY - S3426 Prohibiting the taking of non-native big game mammals in a fenced or other area from which there is no means for such mammal to escape

NY - S3427 Requires biodegradable filters on cigarettes within two years

NY - S3433 Prohibits the sale, purchase or use of hydrofracking liquid waste products; requires the department of environmental conservation to establish rules regarding the proper disposal of waste products

NY - S3424 Relates to enforcement actions for violations of the environmental conservation law

NY - S3434 Requires air quality monitoring within a one mile radius of any major mass transportation project that involves an excavation operation within New York city

NY - S3397 Requires the promulgation of regulations requiring treatment works to test waste from hydraulic fracturing operations to test for radioactivity

NY - S3333 Prohibits the use of waste from oil or natural gas extraction of storage on any highway

NY - S3296 Relates to hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses

NY - S3293 Relates to the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and the best available technology by the state

NY - S1762 Authorizes the catching and possession of up to 5 times the daily limit of fish during any 7 day period of time

NY - S1678 Relates to the brownfield opportunity area program

NY - S1677 Relates to increasing liability for petroleum discharge

NY - S1675 Relates to responsible parties for petroleum contaminated sites and incentives to parties who are willing to remediate such sites

NY - S1670 Creates the Pennies for Parks program providing funds for capital expenditures at state parks and historic sites; imposes fee on single use carryout bags

NY - S1664 Relates to brownfield site cleanup; repealer

NY - S1648 Establishes certain procedures for environmental review of leases, easements, permits and conveyances of other interests in certain state-owned lands underwater

NY - S1600 Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of electric lamps that contain mercury in excess of specified amounts

NY - S1619 Establishes the "environmental justice act"

NY - S1603 Relates to reporting requirements for commercial pesticide applicators

NY - S1629 Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group

NY - S1532 Establishes the "Nickels for Nature Act"

NY - S1576 Relates to jewelry containing lead

NY - S1477 Relates to the regulation of the use of hydraulic fracturing fluids

NY - S1397 Provides for draft and final environmental impact statements

NY - S1365 Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers

NY - S1351 Establishes the environmental sustainability education act

NY - S1239 Restricts operation of diesel powered electrical generators in areas failing to meet federal clean air standards for ozone

NY - S6169 Relates to the preparation of environmental impact statements

NY - S6165 Amends chapter 274 of the laws of 2010, relating to repair of damaged pesticide containers, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

NY - S2649 Prohibits the possession of endangered species and imposes civil penalties therefor

NY - S6667 Imposes a moratorium on any plan or proposed plan of the department of environmental conservation to designate the mute swan as a prohibited invasive species or eliminate the mute swan from New York state

NY - S6768 Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to undertake projects to protect national historic landmarks from shore erosion