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Assembly Bill A6034

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the use of certain solid waste products in the town of Wheatfield, Niagara county

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2015-A6034 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง130, Town L

2015-A6034 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the use of certain solid waste products in the town of Wheatfield, Niagara county.

2015-A6034 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6034

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CERETTO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the  use  of
  certain solid waste products in the town of Wheatfield, Niagara county

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

  Section 1. Section 130 of the town law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
  8-A.  PROHIBITING  CERTAIN  SOLID  WASTE  IN  THE  TOWN OF WHEATFIELD,
NIAGARA COUNTY. IN THE TOWN OF WHEATFIELD, IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  NIAGARA,
PROHIBITING  THE USE OR APPLICATION OF SLUDGE OR SEWER SLUDGE AS DEFINED
IN THIS SUBDIVISION UPON ANY LANDS WITHIN SUCH TOWN OR ANY PORTION THER-
EOF, WHEN SUCH USE WOULD AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH. FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
THIS SUBDIVISION:
  (A)  "SLUDGE"  MEANS  ANY  SOLID, SEMI-SOLID OR LIQUID WASTE GENERATED
FROM A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WATER SUPPLY TREATMENT PLANT  OR  AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY; AND
  (B)  "SEWAGE  SLUDGE"  MEANS  THE  ACCUMULATED  SEMI-SOLIDS  OR SOLIDS
RESULTING FROM TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS FROM PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED
OR OPERATED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS. SEWAGE SLUDGE SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED
SYNONYMOUS WITH BIOSOLIDS.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09725-02-5

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