Establishes a moratorium on the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbines in certain areas within the jurisdiction and control of New York State including the waters of Lake Erie or Lake Ontario.
Requires the comptroller to retain, from revenues collected from unclaimed bottles, an amount equal to 2% of the total revenues collected in the prior calendar year, for use towards expanding and creating bottle redemption centers under the beverage container assistance program; increases the handling fee paid by deposit initiators to dealers or operators of a redemption center from 3.5 cents to 5 cents.
Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients.
Designates the Montauk Point shoals as an important bird area; directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to designate such area as part of the New York state bird conservation area program.
Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses.