Assembly Bill A4844A

                            
 
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                                  4844--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, WALKER, ORTIZ, SEAWRIGHT, MOSLEY, BARRON,
   RIVERA, ARROYO, D'URSO, DenDEKKER, EPSTEIN, COOK, SIMON, BLAKE, GLICK,
   HYNDMAN,  FALL,  FERNANDEZ  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SOLAGES,
   WRIGHT -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   siting  and  presence  of  adequate  numbers  of  trash receptacles in
   commercial zones and recreational areas in cities with a population of
   one million or more
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 of section 27-0107 of the
 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 70 of  the  laws  of
 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) The local solid waste management plan shall:
   (i)  characterize the solid waste stream to be managed in the planning
 period;
   (ii) assess existing and alternate  proposed  solid  waste  management
 programs and facilities;
   (iii) address to the maximum extent practicable the comments and views
 expressed  by  concerned  governmental,  environmental,  commercial  and
 industrial interests and the public on the waste  reduction,  recycling,
 reuse and disposal alternatives;
   (iv)  identify  the  parties  with  responsibility  to  implement each
 element of the plan and the steps which must be undertaken by each;
   (v) set forth a timetable for implementing the plan;
   (vi) describe the participation in the preparation of the plan of each
 municipality which has chosen to participate in such preparation; [and]
   (vii) describe (A) measures undertaken by the  municipalities  partic-
 ipating  in  the  planning  unit  to secure participation of neighboring
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 jurisdictions, (B) the limitations, if any, imposed by the proposed plan
 on solid waste management alternatives  available  to  such  neighboring
 jurisdictions,  and (C) alternatives which would be available if a local
 solid  waste management plan including such jurisdictions were prepared.
 Specific written suggestions  received  from  neighboring  jurisdictions
 shall be summarized and reflected in the plan; AND
   (VIII)  IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, A PLAN FOR
 THE CONTROL OF LITTER, INCLUDING  PROVISION  FOR  THE  PLACEMENT  OF  AN
 ADEQUATE  NUMBER  OF  RECEPTACLES  FOR  TRASH AND RECYCLABLES LOCATED IN
 COMMERCIAL AND  BUSINESS  DISTRICTS  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  SANITATION
 COMMISSIONER  OF SUCH CITY, AND PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AREAS SUCH AS PARKS,
 ZOOS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS AS DETERMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE  PARKS
 COMMISSIONER OF SUCH CITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.