State lawmakers push water quality bill

LAURA FIGUEROA

A bill to protect Long Island watersheds from pollution is getting a renewed push from two state lawmakers in the final week of the legislative session.

Assemb. Robert Sweeney (D-Lindenhurst) and state Sen. Kenneth LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) have submitted a new version of the "Long Island Water Quality Control Act," which they say should come up for a vote early next week before the State Legislature adjourns next Thursday.

Sweeney had filed a version of the bill in May, but LaValle held off on introducing a companion measure until Tuesday, saying he wanted to receive feedback from various stakeholders -- including local municipalities -- to square away some of the issues that kept the bill from passing last year.

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