Assembly Bill A8857

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  8857

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
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Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting contractors from
  payment  of  asbestos  project  notification  fees   for   demolitions
  performed within the city of Buffalo

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law,  as  amended
by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
  2.  Any  contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving more than
two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet
of asbestos or asbestos materials shall notify both  the  United  States
Environmental  Protection  Agency, Region II, Air and Hazardous Material
Division and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commence-
ment of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossi-
ble to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after iden-
tification of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall  include
the  following  information:  the  name,  address  and asbestos handling
license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and
description of the building or area, including size, age and  prior  use
of the building or area; the amount of friable asbestos material present
in  square  feet  and/or  linear  feet,  if applicable; room designation
numbers or other local information where such asbestos material is found
unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the sche-
duled starting and completion dates  for  removal;  the  procedures  and
equipment,  including  ventilating  systems  that  will be employed; any
additional information which the commissioner may require;  and,  EXCEPT
FOR CONTRACTORS ENGAGED IN SUCH ASBESTOS PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
OF  THE  CITY OF BUFFALO, shall be accompanied by a project notification
fee as follows:

               Project Size/Linear Feet                Fee

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13629-01-1

A. 8857                             2

                    260-429                            $200
                    430-824                             400
                    825-1649                          1,000
                    1650 or more                      2,000

               Project Size/Square Feet                Fee

                    160-259                            $200
                    260-499                             400
                    500-999                           1,000
                    1000 or more                      2,000

  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.