S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10704
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 9, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonald) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
directing the department of environmental conservation to undertake a
review of the regulations governing the permitting of landfills and
transfer stations to ensure that such regulations integrate the latest
scientific information
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL UNDERTAKE A REVIEW OF THE REGULATIONS GOVERN-
ING THE PERMITTING OF LANDFILLS AND TRANSFER STATIONS, INCLUDING SITING
AND EXPANSION, TO ENSURE THAT SUCH REGULATIONS INTEGRATE THE LATEST
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF SUCH FACILITIES ON
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS SUCH AS CHILDREN AND SENIORS, DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES, WATER, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. ON OR BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
VATION SHALL POST A REPORT CONTAINING THE FINDINGS FROM SUCH REVIEW ON
ITS WEBSITE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16127-01-2
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