Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the consequences if the report is not published on time.

Annual Report on Environmental Radiation

This bill requires the commissioner to publish an annual report about environmental radiation surveillance and notify other agencies if contamination levels exceed EPA standards.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the commissioner to create a yearly report on environmental radiation.
• The report must be published online for everyone to see.
• The report needs to show trends in radioactive releases or disposals over time.
• Other relevant government agencies must be told if contamination levels exceed EPA standards.

Who It Names or Affects

• The commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation
• People who work on environmental radiation surveillance programs

Terms To Know

cumulative impact

The total effect of all radioactive releases or disposals over time.

EPA standards

Rules set by the Environmental Protection Agency about how much contamination is allowed in drinking water and food.

Limits and Unknowns

• It does not say what happens if the report is not published on time.
• The bill only talks about radiation from releases or disposals, not other sources of radiation.

Official Summary Text

Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program
Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program and analyze such report showing trends and cumulative impact, as well as notify other relevant agencies if contamination has exceeded EPA standards for maximum amounts of contamination allowed in drinking water or food.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 23, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. LEVENBERG, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          directing the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the
          environmental radiation surveillance program

          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  3-0301  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law  is  amended  by  adding a new paragraph ii to read as
     3  follows:
     4    II. PROVIDE FREELY AND MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AN ANNU-
     5  AL REPORT ON RADIOACTIVE RELEASES OR DISPOSALS, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMA-
     6  TION GATHERED REGARDING SUCH ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO 6  NYCRR  380.    IN
     7  CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SUCH REPORT SHALL BE ANALYZED
     8  TO SHOW TRENDS AND THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF SUCH RADIOACTIVE RELEASES OR
     9  DISPOSALS;  PROVIDED  THAT  OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES SHALL BE NOTIFIED IF
    10  CONTAMINATION HAS EXCEEDED STANDARDS FOR MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVEL PERMIT-
    11  TED IN DRINKING WATER OR FOOD SOURCES, AS PRESCRIBED BY APPLICABLE STATE
    12  AND FEDERAL LAW;
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04718-01-5