New York Assembly Bill A04213 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4213 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the navigation law, in relation to prohibiting the discharge of bilge water into waters of the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 17-0105 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows: 3 24. "Oily bilge water" or "bilge water" means the mixture of water, 4 oily fluids, lubricants and grease, cleaning fluids and other wastes 5 that accumulate in the lowest part of a vessel from a variety of sourc- 6 es, including engines and other parts of the propulsion system, piping, 7 and other mechanical and operational sources found throughout the 8 machinery spaces of a vessel. 9 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new 10 section 17-0508 to read as follows: 11 § 17-0508. Prohibition against discharge of bilge water. 12 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to 13 place, throw, deposit, or otherwise discharge into the waters of this 14 state any bilge water as defined in subdivision twenty-four of section 15 17-0105 of title one of this article from any vessel, watercraft, marina 16 or mooring. 17 2. For the purposes of this section "waters of the state" means all of 18 the waterways, or bodies of water located within New York state or that 19 part of any body of water which is adjacent to New York state over which 20 the state has territorial jurisdictions on which watercraft may be used 21 or operated. 22 3. Severability. The provisions of this section shall be severable and 23 if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06292-01-5 
 A. 4213 2 1 circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this section and the 2 application thereof shall not be affected thereby. 3 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 33-c of the navigation law is amended by 4 adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows: 5 (k) The term "oily bilge water" or "bilge water" means the mixture of 6 water, oily fluids, lubricants and grease, cleaning fluids and other 7 wastes that accumulate in the lowest part of a vessel from a variety of 8 sources, including engines and other parts of the propulsion system, 9 piping, and other mechanical and operational sources found throughout 10 the machinery spaces of a vessel. 11 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 33-c of the navigation law is amended by 12 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 13 (c) No person, whether engaged in commerce or otherwise, shall place, 14 throw, deposit, or discharge, or cause to be placed, thrown, deposited, 15 or discharged any bilge water into the waters of this state, from any 16 vessel, watercraft, marina or mooring. 17 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.