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Assembly Bill A7868

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations from being sited within one thousand five hundred feet of school property

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2011-A7868 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง27-0111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1644
2015-2016: A923
2017-2018: A2032
2019-2020: A2294

2011-A7868 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations from being sited within one thousand five hundred feet of school property.

2011-A7868 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7868

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LENTOL,  COLTON,  V. LOPEZ  -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  siting  and  licensing  of  radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or
  transfer stations

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

  Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 27-0111 to read as follows:
S 27-0111. SITING  AND  LICENSING  OF  RADIOACTIVE  OR  HAZARDOUS  WASTE
            DISPOSAL OR TRANSFER STATIONS.
  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A RADIOAC-
TIVE  WASTE  DISPOSAL  STATION,  A RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSFER STATION, A
HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL STATION, OR A HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSFER  STATION
OTHER  THAN HOSPITALS, RESEARCH FACILITIES AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTI-
TUTIONS THAT PROVIDE MEDICAL  TREATMENT  AND  PERFORM  MEDICAL  RESEARCH
SHALL NOT BE SITED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THE BOUNDARY
OF  ANY  SCHOOL PROPERTY. FURTHERMORE, NO LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED TO ANY
INDIVIDUAL TO OPERATE ANY RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL  STATION,  RADIOAC-
TIVE  WASTE  TRANSFER  STATION,  HAZARDOUS  WASTE  DISPOSAL  STATION, OR
HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSFER STATION OTHER THAN HOSPITALS, RESEARCH  FACILI-
TIES  AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT
AND PERFORM MEDICAL RESEARCH WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FIVE  HUNDRED  FEET  OF
THE BOUNDARIES OF A SCHOOL PROPERTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11560-01-1

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