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SECTION 1285-F
Program for ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes
Public Authorities (PBA) CHAPTER 43-A, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 12
§ 1285-f. Program for ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes. 1. The
corporation shall immediately begin preparation of a comprehensive
program for the ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes which shall
include, but not be limited to, technology, siting and marketing and
financing of such a program through the use of revenue bonds or other
means. Such program shall be in addition to the study mandated by
section twelve hundred eighty-five-d of this article.

2. The corporation shall provide to the governor and the legislature a
marketing and feasibility study no later than March first, nineteen
hundred eighty. Such study shall include findings and recommendations as
to available technology, the desirability of regional disposal sites and
the feasibility of generating sufficient revenue to amortize bonds which
may be issued in connection with the program. To the extent necessary,
the study shall be prepared in consultation with experts in the field of
public finance.

3. A hazardous waste disposal advisory committee shall be established
to advise the corporation on a comprehensive program for the ultimate
disposal of hazardous waste. Such advice shall be rendered in connection
with the study required by subdivision one of this section.

(a) The committee shall consist of the commissioners, or their
designees, of the departments of health, environmental conservation,
commerce, the director of the division of the budget, or his designee,
and a maximum of five individuals with recognized expertise in the
fields of hazardous waste management and technology or public finance.
These five individuals shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom
the governor shall designate as chairman.

(b) Each member of the hazardous waste disposal advisory committee
shall not receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be entitled
to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of his or her committee duties.