Senate Bill S7971

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7971

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 1, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  reporting  of electronic waste collection and recycling data, the sale
  of electronic waste and the carry-forward of sales of electronic waste

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (e) of subdivision 3 of section 27-2603 of the
environmental conservation law is relettered paragraph  (f)  and  a  new
paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
  (E)  FOR  CALENDAR  YEARS  TWO  THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE
STATEWIDE RECYCLING OR REUSE GOAL FOR ALL ELECTRONIC WASTE SHALL BE  THE
PRODUCT OF THE BASE WEIGHT MULTIPLIED BY THE GOAL ATTAINMENT PERCENTAGE.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "BASE WEIGHT" MEANS THE GREATER OF:
  (I) THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF ALL ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTED FOR RECYCLING
OR  REUSE DURING THE THREE CALENDAR YEARS PRECEDING THE CALENDAR YEAR IN
WHICH THE MOST RECENT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 27-2617 OF THIS TITLE; OR
  (II) THE THREE YEAR  AVERAGE  OF  THE  SUM  OF  ALL  ELECTRONIC  WASTE
COLLECTED FOR RECYCLING OR REUSE DURING THE THREE CALENDAR YEARS PRECED-
ING  THE  CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE MOST RECENT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO
THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION  ONE,  PARAGRAPH
(B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO AND PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
27-2613 OF THIS TITLE.
  S  2. Section 27-2615 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding two new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
  4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH THE STATEWIDE RECYCLING OR REUSE  GOAL
NO  LATER  THAN  SEPTEMBER  FIFTEENTH OF THE YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR FOR
WHICH THE STATEWIDE RECYCLING OR REUSE GOAL HAS BEEN SET.
  5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY EACH  MANUFACTURER  OF  ITS  RESPECTIVE
MANUFACTURER  ACCEPTANCE  STANDARD AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
SECTION 27-2603 OF THIS TITLE NO LATER THAN DECEMBER  FIFTEENTH  OF  THE
PRECEDING  YEAR FOR WHICH SUCH MANUFACTURER ACCEPTANCE STANDARD HAS BEEN
SET.

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

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  S 3. Section 27-2605 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. NO LATER THAN JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE YEAR FOR WHICH A MANUFACTURER'S
ACCEPTANCE  STANDARD  HAS  BEEN  SET BY THE DEPARTMENT EACH MANUFACTURER
SHALL CERTIFY TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS  ENTERED  INTO
CONTRACTUAL  AGREEMENTS  FOR  ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE WEIGHT OF ELEC-
TRONIC WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH MANUFACTURER'S ACCEPTANCE STANDARD.
  S 4. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 27-2614 to read as follows:
S 27-2614. UNSOLD ELECTRONIC WASTE; SALE CARRY-FORWARD.
  BEGINNING  WITH  CALENDAR  YEAR  TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, AN ELECTRONIC
WASTE COLLECTOR, ELECTRONIC  WASTE  CONSOLIDATOR  AND/OR  AN  ELECTRONIC
WASTE  RECYCLER  MAY BANK UNSOLD ELECTRONIC WASTE FOR SUBSEQUENT SALE IN
ANY OF THE SUCCESSIVE FOUR CALENDAR YEARS IN WHICH THE ELECTRONIC  WASTE
WAS  OBTAINED, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC WASTE SHALL BE SOLD IN ANY SUCH SUBSEQUENT  CALENDAR
YEAR.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.