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Mar 28, 2022 | referred to cities |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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A9624 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- General City Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §20-h, Gen City L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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A2158
A9624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9624 I N A S S E M B L Y March 28, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to requiring that a city with a population of one million or more shall provide curbside composting collection sites THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section 20-h to read as follows: § 20-H. CURBSIDE COMPOSTING COLLECTION. 1. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "COMPOSTABLE WASTE" AND "ORGANIC WASTE" SHALL MEAN MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOOD SCRAPS, PLANT TRIMMINGS, FOOD-SOILED PAPER AND CERTIFIED COMPOSTABLE PRODUCTS, THAT 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. (B) "ORGANICS RECYCLER" MEANS A FACILITY, PERMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THAT RECYCLES ORGANIC WASTE THROUGH USE AS ANIMAL FEED OR A FEED INGRE- DIENT, RENDERING, LAND APPLICATION, COMPOSTING, AEROBIC DIGESTION, ANAE- ROBIC DIGESTION, FERMENTATION, OR ETHANOL PRODUCTION. ANIMAL SCRAPS, FOOD SOILED PAPER, AND POST-CONSUMER FOOD SCRAPS ARE PROHIBITED FOR USE AS ANIMAL FEED OR AS A FEED INGREDIENT. THE PROPORTION OF THE PRODUCT CREATED FROM ORGANIC WASTE BY A COMPOSTING OR DIGESTION FACILITY, INCLUDING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT OPERATES A DIGESTION FACILI- TY, OR OTHER TREATMENT SYSTEM, MUST BE USED IN A BENEFICIAL MANNER AS A SOIL AMENDMENT AND SHALL NOT BE DISPOSED OF OR INCINERATED. (C) "INCINERATOR" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 72-0401 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW. (D) "LANDFILL" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 72-0401 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.