LOCAL LAW "B" FOR 2025
A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK AMENDING CHAPTER ___ OF THE ALBANY COUNTY CODE, SETTING FORTH REQUIREMENTS THAT THE ALBANY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NOTIFY LOCAL OFFICIALS REGARDING ELEVATED CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOUND IN DRINKING WATER IN ALBANY COUNTY
Introduced: 3/10/25
By Cunningham, Kuhn, Reinhardt, Miller:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article Creation.
Chapter ___, Article ___, ______________, is hereby created.
Section 2. ? ______-- Legislative Purpose and Intent.
This legislation is to ensure that when the Albany County Department of Health has determined, either through its own testing or from notice provided by the State of New York or any federal agency, that elevated levels of contaminants found in soil or water, including but not limited to drinking water, are a threat to public health, that the Department of Health shall provide notice to the appropriate local officials and municipalities.
Section 2. ? _____- Definition of Terms.
"Albany County" - shall mean the geographic boundaries of the County of Albany, New York.
"Contaminants" - shall mean any and all amounts of chemicals, debris, bacteria, viruses, or any other such materials not native or naturally occurring in the water supply which in increased amounts could constitute a threat to public health.
"Elevated Levels" - shall mean any amount of contaminants which are in excess of limits established either by the Albany County Department of Health, or by those State of New York or federal agencies qualified to report to the Department of Health, and which at such levels represent a threat to public health.
"Local Representatives" - shall mean those elected officials responsible to the People of Albany County, including but not limited to County Legislator, and the Mayor, Supervisor, Councilmember, Board Member or Trustee of any City, Town or Village within Albany County.
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