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Assembly Bill A919

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects

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2011-A919 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5622
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง27-0721, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6829, S3123
2013-2014: A967, S3430
2015-2016: A5903, S2556
2017-2018: A10490
2019-2020: A4989
2021-2022: A1232

2011-A919 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects.

2011-A919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   919

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. KELLNER, BING, ORTIZ, BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, V. LOPEZ, MAISEL, MILLMAN, ROSEN-
  THAL, THIELE, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  prohibiting marine solid waste transfer stations located in  proximity
  to public housing projects in certain cases

  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 27-0721 to read as follows:
S 27-0721. MARINE SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION OR FACILITIES.
  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR
REGULATION, NEITHER THE DEPARTMENT NOR ANY LOCAL AGENCY,  DEPARTMENT  OR
AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE A PERMIT, REGULATION, OR RENEW A PERMIT OR APPROVE
AN APPLICATION FOR THE EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION, REACTIVATION
OR  OPERATION  OF A MARINE SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION OR FACILITY IN A
CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHERE ANY  PART  OF  SUCH
STATION  OR  FACILITY  IS  TO  BE LOCATED WITHIN EIGHT HUNDRED FEET OF A
HOUSING PROJECT AS THE TERM PROJECT IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN
OF SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00498-01-1

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