ESFPA Is in Opposition of the Following Memos for 2025-2026

 


Memos of Opposition

Bill # & Full Language Link

Memo

Bill Description

Date

A 6930 / S 5983 Opposition Memo Prohibits the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater wetlands for local governments that have implemented a freshwater wetlands protection law; provides that any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect on the first day of January after it shall have been adopted. May 12, 2025
A 5832-A/S 4574-A Opposition Memo Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring. March 31, 2025
A 5832-B/S 4574-B Opposition Memo Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring. April 22, 2025
S4408 Opposition Memo Relates to agreements, such as leases or easements, related to renewable energy development rights on reforestation areas. May 12, 2025
A8673 / S7203 Opposition Memo  Enacts the tropical rainforest economic & environmental sustainability act requiring that companies contracting with the state do not contribute to tropical forest degradation or deforestation directly or through their supply chains; establishes the supply chain transparency assistance program to assist small and medium-sized businesses and minority and women-owned businesses in achieving compliant supply chains. May 29, 2025
A3527 / S3412 Opposition Memo  Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees. May 22, 2025
A1252-S4710 Opposition Memo Requires forest management plans, subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation, for certain lands subject to a conservation easement purchased by the state; forbids clearcutting on such lands without such forest management plan; increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting. September 21, 2025
A7550-S5603  Opposition Memo Authorizes state assistance to municipalities containing exempt privately owned forest lands; expands categories of lands eligible for certain property tax exemptions as forest lands; authorizes tax exemptions for certain conservation easement tracts; provides for violations of certain provisions relating to filing for tax exemptions of forest lands. May 18, 2026