Assembly BillIntroduced
A 7882: Requires for construction activities that require a state pollutant discharge elimination system permit owners and operators to submit a copy of the required public notice; requires each county receiving such notice to make such notice publicly available on its website.
What A 7882 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill requires owners and operators of construction activities that require a state pollutant discharge elimination system permit to submit a copy of the required public notice to affected counties. The public notice must be made publicly available on the county's website. This requirement applies to storm water from construction activities, and the counties must provide the notice to all counties whose waters may be affected, not just the county where the construction activity takes place. The bill takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7882
- What is the current status of A 7882?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7882 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to environmental conservation".
- Did A 7882 pass?
- Not yet. A 7882 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7882, and where is it now?
- A 7882 was authored by Asm. Steven Otis. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Apr. 11, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 11, 2025 · 287 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7882 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring for construction activities that require a state pollutant discharge elimination system permit owners and operators to submit a copy of the required public notice The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 17-0805 of the environmental 2 conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph a-1 to read as 3 follows: 4 a-1. (i) For storm water from construction activities that requires a 5 SPDES permit, the owner or operator shall provide a copy of the public 6 notice required by paragraph a of this subdivision to the county or 7 counties in which such construction activities take place, and all other 8 counties, the waters of which may be affected. 9 (ii) Each county receiving such notice shall make such notice publicly 10 available on its website in a manner prescribed by the department. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the imple- 14 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made 15 and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05210-01-5
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