Bill > A09561

This bill mandates that the department of transportation, along with all municipalities, localities, and public authorities, must limit the application of road salt to an average of no more than three hundred pounds per lane mile during each snow and ice management season, with a separate limit of 4.7 pounds per one thousand square feet for parking lots and sidewalks. For the purposes of this law, "road salt" is defined as a mineral form of sodium chloride used to melt snow and ice by lowering water's freezing point. The bill also requires all road salt spreading equipment to be metered and calibrated, and directs the department of transportation to publish annual data on its website concerning road salt usage, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of excessive salt application.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9561