Assembly Bill A2650

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a solid waste management facility site review board

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2650 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-0107 & 27-0711, add §§27-0709, 27-0713 & 27-0714, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2476
2013-2014: A2900
2015-2016: A4700

2009-A2650 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a solid waste management facility siting review board for the siting of solid waste management facilities; establishes process for local governments to concur with site or object to proposed sites which would alter character and nature of an area; mandates a certificate of environmental compatibility and public necessity be issued by such board; a planning unit shall develop a local solid waste plan for such unit for at least a ten year period and characterize the solid waste stream to be managed in the planning period, including projected changes in waste volume over the ten year period attributable to changing populations, increased regional recycling and regional waste reduction efforts.

2009-A2650 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2650

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  siting of solid waste management facilities

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

  Section 1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 27-0107
of the environmental conservation law, paragraph (a) as amended by chap-
ter 88 of the laws of 1996 and paragraph (b) as added by chapter  70  of
the laws of 1988, are amended to read as follows:
  (a) A planning unit [may undertake and complete a timely process lead-
ing  to] SHALL DEVELOP a local solid waste management plan for such unit
for at least a ten-year period. For purposes of this section and section
27-0109 of this [article] TITLE, "planning unit" shall  mean  a  county,
two  or  more  counties  acting  jointly,  a  local government agency or
authority established pursuant to state law for the purposes of managing
solid waste, any city located in the county of Nassau, or  two  or  more
other  municipalities  which  the department determines to be capable of
implementing a regional solid waste management program.
  (b) The local solid waste management plan shall:
  (i) characterize the solid waste stream to be managed in the  planning
period.   THIS CHARACTERIZATION SHALL INCLUDE PROJECTED CHANGES IN WASTE
VOLUME OVER THE TEN-YEAR PLANNING PERIOD ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHANGING  POPU-
LATIONS,  INCREASED REGIONAL RECYCLING, REGIONAL WASTE REDUCTION EFFORTS
AND OTHER FACTORS;
  (ii) assess [existing and alternate proposed  solid  waste  management
programs and facilities] DISPOSAL CAPACITY AVAILABLE IN EXISTING FACILI-
TIES WITHIN THE PLANNING UNIT OR CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO THE PLANNING UNIT
THROUGH  CONTRACTUAL  ARRANGEMENTS,  AND  FOR  EACH YEAR IN THE TEN-YEAR
PLANNING PERIOD, IDENTIFY PROJECTED SURPLUSES OR DEFICIENCIES  IN  WASTE
DISPOSAL CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO THE PLANNING UNIT;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05003-01-9
              

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