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Senate Bill S4967

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits counties, towns, cities and villages to dispose of drugs by incineration without first obtaining a variance

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2009-S4967 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 27 ยง27-2705, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S183

2009-S4967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits counties, towns, cities and villages to dispose of drugs by incineration without first obtaining a variance.

2009-S4967 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4967

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  disposal of drugs by incineration

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

  Section 1. Title 27 of article 27 of  the  environmental  conservation
law, as added by chapter 625 of the laws of 2008, is amended by adding a
new section 27-2705 to read as follows:
S 27-2705. DISPOSAL OF DRUGS BY INCINERATION.
  ANY  COUNTY,  TOWN,  CITY  OR  VILLAGE  IN THIS STATE MAY APPLY TO THE
DEPARTMENT FOR A PERMIT TO INCINERATE UNUSED, UNWANTED OR EXPIRED  DRUGS
AT  FACILITIES  OWNED  AND  MAINTAINED  BY  SUCH  COUNTY,  TOWN, CITY OR
VILLAGE. SUCH APPLICATION FOR SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE IN A MANNER AND  FORM
TO  BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT. SUCH PERMIT, WHEN ISSUED, SHALL
PERMIT SUCH COUNTY, TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE TO DISPOSE OF DRUGS BY  INCIN-
ERATION  WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A VARIANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT. AS PART
OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TAKE  SUFFICIENT  STEPS
AND MAKE SUFFICIENT INSPECTIONS OF THE INCINERATION FACILITIES FOR WHICH
SUCH  PERMIT  IS SOUGHT IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT THE DISPOSAL OF DRUGS BY
INCINERATION SHALL BE HAD IN A MANNER TO COMPLY WITH  ALL  ENVIRONMENTAL
AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH INCINERATION.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11616-01-9

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