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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting certain  munici-
  palities,  contractors  employed by such municipalities and non-profit
  organizations organized for the purpose of neighborhood revitalization
  from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions

  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 MUNICIPALITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION  PEOPLE,

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

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CONTRACTORS EMPLOYED BY SUCH MUNICIPALITIES AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION shall be accom-
panied by a project notification fee as follows:

               Project Size/Linear Feet                Fee

                    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.