A 3961: Authorizes Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to participate in the septic system replacement fund.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3961 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to participate in the septic system replacement fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 1285-u of the 2 public authorities law, as added by section 9 of part T of chapter 57 of 3 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 (c) The department of environmental conservation, in consultation with 5 the department of health and participating counties, shall from the list 6 of participating counties establish priority geographic areas and, in 7 the absence of county information, identify eligible septic system 8 projects, based on an area's vulnerability to contamination, including 9 the presence of a sole source aquifer, or known water quality impair- 10 ment, population density, soils, hydrogeology, climate, and reasonable 11 ability for septic system projects to mitigate water quality impacts. 12 Septic system projects located in Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, 13 county of Schenectady, shall be eligible for reimbursement under the 14 program. The department of environmental conservation may delegate to a 15 participating county the identification of priority geographic areas. 16 The department of environmental conservation, in consultation with 17 participating counties in which priority areas have been identified, 18 shall determine the amount of money from the fund to be provided to each 19 participating county based on density, demand for reimbursement from the 20 fund and the criteria used to establish the priority geographic areas. 21 The corporation shall publish information, application forms, procedures 22 and guidelines relating to the program on its website and in a manner 23 that is accessible to the public. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03262-01-5