NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5843

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to environmental conservation
May 15, 2019	referred to environmental conservation

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6664
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 30 §27-3001, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S5029, A3345
2023-2024: S984, A2467

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing state and municipal composting programs; requires all state and municipal agencies to establish a composting program in buildings owned, occupied or operated by such agencies; allows such agencies to arrange for collection of compostable waste by a private carter, transport such waste itself or process such waste on-site; requires reports on the costs and effectiveness of such programs.

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5843

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to establishing state and municipal composting programs

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation would require state and local municipal agencies to
create composting programs to separate organic waste from other types of
waste so that it can be processed appropriately.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Article 27 of the environmental conservation law to add
a new title 30 that lays out the parameters of state and municipal
composting programs, including:

-defining "agency," "compostable," and "municipal"

-establishing that the programs must be in effect one year after the

effective date of the legislation

-requiring that workplace notices be posted informing employees that
they must place compostable waste in containers separate from other
types of waste

-requiring that agencies arrange for the waste to be processed on-site
or transported to an appropriate waste processing facility

-requiring agencies to report data on collection and costs to the
department of environmental conservation

Section 2 provides the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Organic waste can be a valuable source of renewable energy, provided we
put in place systems to collect it and divert it from landfills where it
decays and produces the harmful greenhouse gas, methane.

Composting not only reduces the negative impact that decaying organics
have on our environment, it can also be a source of revenue if we choose
to harness it: New York City's Independent Budget Office estimates that
if the 1 million tons of organic waste in New York City's residential
waste stream was used to produce biogas to generate electricity, it
could produce an estimated $22.5 million per year in revenue based on a
wholesale electricity price of $.04 per kWh.

New York State's 1.3 million state and local government employees
produce approximately half a pound of organic waste per workday. If
these workers composted their organic waste, our state could divert 1.69
million pounds of organic waste from landfills and generate revenue by
selling it to landscapers and farmers, or by using it for biogas.

Our state and municipal agencies can lead the way on making our state
more sustainable and environmentally friendly if we begin to think of
organic waste a resource and establish a system of separating and
putting to use organic waste, rather than squandering it.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately after becoming law

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5843
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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
   establishing state and municipal composting programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 30 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 30
                  STATE AND MUNICIPAL COMPOSTING PROGRAMS
 SECTION 27-3001. STATE AND MUNICIPAL COMPOSTING PROGRAMS.
 § 27-3001. STATE AND MUNICIPAL COMPOSTING PROGRAMS.
   1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGENCY"  MEANS  ANY  DEPARTMENT,  AGENCY,  BOARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT
 CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION;
   (B) "COMPOSTABLE" MEANS ALL THE MATERIALS  IN  THE  PRODUCT  WILL  (I)
 UNDERGO  DEGRADATION  BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES DURING COMPOSTING TO YIELD
 CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER,  INORGANIC  COMPOUNDS,  AND  BIOMASS  AT  A  RATE
 CONSISTENT  WITH  OTHER  KNOWN  COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS; AND (II) LEAVE NO
 VISIBLE, DISTINGUISHABLE OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO  ADVERSE  IMPACT
 ON  THE  ABILITY  OF  COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT GROWTH ONCE THE FINISHED
 COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL; AND
   (C) "MUNICIPAL" MEANS A VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, OR COUNTY.
   2. BEGINNING ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SECTION,  ALL
 STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  AGENCIES  SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPOSTING PROGRAM IN
 BUILDINGS OWNED, OCCUPIED OR OPERATED BY SUCH AGENCIES THAT SHALL, AT  A
 MINIMUM:
   (A)  REQUIRE  THAT  ALL COMPOSTABLE WASTE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 FOOD SCRAPS, PLANT TRIMMINGS, FOOD-SOILED PAPER AND CERTIFIED  COMPOSTA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10515-01-9

 S. 5843                             2
 
 BLE  PRODUCTS FROM GARBAGE AND OTHER RECYCLABLES BE SEPARATED AND PLACED
 IN LABELED CONTAINERS;
   (B) POST AND MAINTAIN SIGNS WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON IDENTIFYING AND SEPA-
 RATING COMPOSTABLE WASTE FROM GARBAGE AND RECYCLABLES;
   (C)  ENSURE  AGENCY EMPLOYEES PLACE COMPOSTABLE WASTE IN APPROPRIATELY
 LABELED CONTAINERS AND DO NOT MIX SUCH WASTE WITH  GARBAGE  OR  RECYCLA-
 BLES;
   (D)  ENSURE  CONTAINERS ARE LATCHED AT THE TIME OF STORAGE OR SET-OUT;
 AND
   (E) ARRANGE FOR COMPOSTABLE WASTE TO BE TRANSPORTED  AND/OR  PROCESSED
 SEPARATELY FROM GARBAGE AND RECYCLING.
   3.  EACH  STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  AGENCY  MAY ARRANGE FOR COLLECTION OF
 COMPOSTABLE WASTE BY A PRIVATE CARTER, TRANSPORT SUCH  WASTE  ITSELF  OR
 PROCESS SUCH WASTE ON-SITE.
   4.  BEGINNING ONE YEAR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, EACH  STATE
 AND  MUNICIPAL  AGENCY  SHALL  REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT ON SUCH PROGRAM,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  (I)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  COMPOSTABLE  WASTE
 COLLECTED; AND (II) THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH PROGRAM.
   5.  BY DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFT-
 ER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST A REPORT ON ITS WEBSITE  DETAILING  AGENCY
 COMPOSTING  PROGRAMS  IN  THE STATE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE AN EVALU-
 ATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH COMPOSTING PROGRAMS, AND  INFORMATION
 ON COSTS AND COLLECTION RATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S5843

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Julia Salazar

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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