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                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LUPARDO, CROUCH, GOODELL, MAGNARELLI, GIGLIO,
   THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to asbestos project notifica-
   tion fees

   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 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.
                                                            LBD02180-01-7

 A. 214                              2
 
                     260-429                            $200
                     430-824                             400
                     825-1649                          1,000
                     1650 or more                      2,000
 
                Project Size/Square Feet (FRIABLE)      Fee
 
                     160-259                            $200
                     260-499                             400
                     500-999                           1,000
                     1000 or more                      2,000

                PROJECT SIZE/SQUARE FEET                FEE
                (NON-FRIABLE/RACM)
 
                     160-259                            $50
                     260-499                             75
                     500-999                            100
                     1,000-1,999                        200
                     2,000-2,999                        500
                     3,000-3,999                        800
                     4,000-4,999                       1,000
                     5,000-5,999                       2,000
                     6,000-6,999                       3,000
                     7,000-7,999                       4,000
                     8,000-8,999                       5,000
                     9,000-9,999                       6,000
                     10,000 OR MORE                    8,000
   ALL OWNER OCCUPIED ONE AND TWO FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE OCCUPIED DURING A
 DISASTER  AND  THEN  CONDEMNED DUE TO DISASTERS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, FLOODS, FIRES, TORNADOES OR HURRICANES SHALL PAY A  FIXED  NOTIFICA-
 TION FEE FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES OF DEMOLITION OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.