Legislative, Regulatory and Judicial Developments

  • Government Affairs Newsletters

    • Legislative Update, May 11, 2011 - October 27, 2011
    • Legislative Update - November 4, 2010 - March 8, 2011
    • Phosphorus Background and Letter to Senator Thompson
    • Legislative Update, November 2009 through May 2010
    • Phosphorus Background and Letter to Assemblyman Sweeney
    • Legislative Update, January 2009 through May 2009
    • Legislative Update, October 2007
    • Support of Environmental Protection Fund Enhancement Act
    • February 2007 through April 2007
    • November 2006 through January 29, 2007
    • Legislative Update, October 2006
    • January 2006 through April 2006
    • November 2005 Through February 10, 2006
    • "Active" New York Water-Related Legislative Proposals (October 17, 2005)
    • "Active" New York Water-Related Legislative Proposals (May 3, 2005)
    • February 4 to April 29, 2005
    • February 4, 2005
    • "Hot" Water News from WEFTEC 2005
    • October, 2003 to January 28, 2004
    • Active NY Water-Related Legislative Proposals, January 28 2004

  • Other Documents

    • News from WEFTEC 2011
    • Letter to USEPA on Numeric Nutrient Criteria
    • Hydrofracking White Paper – Evaluating Acceptability
    • Hydrofracking White Paper – Protection of Surface Waters
    • Hydrofracking White Paper – Technical Overview Wastewater Effluent
    • 2011 Farm Bill
    • Water Related Legislative Proposals
    • NYWEA Letter to Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand and the 29 members of the House of Representatives on the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
    • Legislative Policy & Regulatory News from WEFTEC 2009
    • NYWEA letter to Governor Patterson (NYSDEC & NYSEFC) outlining stimulus package
    • NPDES Position
    • Water Reuse Position

Thanks to input from NYWEA, NewYork State Legislators have postponed action on a proposed  Assembly bill A11019. The bill would amend  Environmental Conservation Law to enact a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) act.

The bill was introduced by Assemblyman DiNapoli and co-sponsored by 25 others. The bill planned to ban SSOs in New York State and require that all of them be abated by December 31, 2005. As laudable as the goal was, in its’ current form it would have major impacts and would impose significant financial burden on communities across the state. The bill also did not account for current compliance efforts already underway in many communities. For these reasons NYWEA was opposed to the legislation as proposed.

Get more information on the bill and view our concerns about the bill.