NY Env Conserv L § 75-0115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 75 - Climate Change 75-0115 - Community Air Monitoring Program.

* § 75-0115. Community air monitoring program.1. For purposes of this section, the following definitions and related   provisions shall apply:a. "Community air monitoring system" means advanced sensing monitoring   equipment  that measures and records air pollutant concentrations in the   ambient air at or near sensitive  receptor  locations  in  disadvantaged   communities.b.   "Disadvantaged   community"   means  a  community  identified  as   disadvantaged pursuant to the criteria set forth in section  75-0111  of   this article.c.  "Sensitive  receptors"  includes  hospitals,  schools and day care   centers, and such other locations as the department may determine.2. a. On  or  before  October  first,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  the   department  shall  prepare,  in  consultation  with  the climate justice   working group, a program demonstrating community air monitoring systems.b. The program  shall  identify  the  highest  priority  locations  in   disadvantaged  communities  around  the  state  to  deploy community air   monitoring systems, which shall be  communities  with  potentially  high   exposure burdens for toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants.   The  program  shall  be  undertaken  in  no  less  than four communities   statewide with regional consideration.c. The department shall publish the air quality data produced  by  the   community  air  monitoring  systems deployed pursuant to this section on   its website as it becomes available.3. On or before June first, two thousand twenty-four,  the  department   shall prepare, in consultation with the climate justice working group, a   strategy  to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants and criteria air   pollutants in disadvantaged communities affected by  a  high  cumulative   exposure burden. The strategy shall include criteria for the development   of  community emission reduction programs. The criteria presented in the   strategy shall include, but are not limited to, the following:a.  an  assessment  and  identification  of  communities   with   high   cumulative  exposure burdens for toxic air contaminants and criteria air   pollutants.b. a  methodology  for  assessing  and  identifying  the  contributing   sources  or  categories  of  sources,  including,  but  not  limited to,   stationary and  mobile  sources,  and  an  estimate  of  their  relative   contribution   to   elevated  exposure  to  air  pollution  in  impacted   communities identified pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision.c. an assessment of the existing and available measures  for  reducing   emissions  from  the  contributing  sources  or  categories  of  sources   identified pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision.4. a. Based on the  assessment  and  identification  of  disadvantaged   communities   with  high  cumulative  exposure  burdens  for  toxic  air   contaminants and criteria air pollutants completed pursuant to paragraph   a of subdivision three of this  section,  the  department  shall  select   disadvantaged  communities around the state for preparation of community   emissions reduction  programs.  The  department  may  select  additional   locations annually thereafter, as appropriate.b.  The  department  shall  have  the  authority  to adopt regulations   establishing programs to achieve emissions reductions for the  locations   selected  using  the most cost-effective measures identified pursuant to   paragraph c of subdivision three of this section.* NB Effective October 1, 2022