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Assembly Bill A10176A

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to covering putrescible waste transported by rail

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2009-A10176 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7153
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-0712, En Con L

2009-A10176 - Summary

Relates to covering putrescible and non-putrescible waste transported by rail with hard lids and hard tarping.

2009-A10176 - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10176 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10176

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  covering putrescible and non-putrescible waste transported by rail

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Subdivision  2  of section 27-0712 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter  402  of  the  laws  of  1989,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2. A municipality or any individual, firm or corporation acting on its
behalf  or  any other individual, firm or corporation shall not cause or
permit any solid waste to be transported on any vehicle, barge, ship, or
scow unless the solid waste on the vehicle,  barge,  ship,  or  scow  is
covered  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT PUTRESCIBLE WASTE TRANSPORTED BY RAIL
SHALL BE COVERED  WITH  SEALING  HARD  LIDS  AND  NON-PUTRESCIBLE  WASTE
SHIPPED BY RAIL SHALL BE SECURELY FASTENED WITH HARD TARPING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15622-04-0

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2009-A10176A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7153
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-0712, En Con L

2009-A10176A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to covering putrescible and non-putrescible waste transported by rail with hard lids and hard tarping.

2009-A10176A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                10176--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, SWEENEY, M. MILLER, COLTON, MARKEY, NOLAN
  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
  tion -- reported and referred to the Committee on  Codes  --  reported
  and  referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and  recommitted  to  the
  Committee on Rules

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  covering putrescible and non-putrescible waste transported by rail

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  27-0712 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter  402  of  the  laws  of  1989,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2. A municipality or any individual, firm or corporation acting on its
behalf  or  any other individual, firm or corporation shall not cause or
permit any solid waste to be transported on any vehicle, barge, ship, or
scow unless the solid waste on the vehicle,  barge,  ship,  or  scow  is
covered  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT PUTRESCIBLE WASTE TRANSPORTED BY RAIL
SHALL BE COVERED WITH SEALING HARD LIDS IN  A  MANNER  NOT  INCONSISTENT
WITH  FEDERAL  RAILROAD  ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS, AND NON-PUTRESCIBLE
WASTE SHIPPED BY RAIL  SHALL  BE  COVERED  WITH  HARD  TARPING  SECURELY
FASTENED OVER THE LOAD, WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE SIDE OF
THE  RAIL  CONTAINER, IN A MANNER NOT INCONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15622-05-0

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