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A08317 Summary:

BILL NOA08317
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORKelles
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§27-0701 & 27-0703, En Con L
 
Prohibits the sale or land application of biosolids from wastewater treatment facilities unless such biosolids are treated and tested to not exceed the maximum contaminant levels established in the public health law.
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A08317 Actions:

BILL NOA08317
 
11/27/2023referred to environmental conservation
01/03/2024referred to environmental conservation
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A08317 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8317
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          prohibiting the sale or land application of biosolids from  wastewater
          treatment facilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 27-0701 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding two new subdivisions 5 and 6 to read as follows:
     3    5.  "Biosolids"  means  the residual solids or sludge generated during
     4  the treatment of wastewater at a  solid  waste  management  facility  or
     5  wastewater treatment facility.
     6    6.  "Wastewater  treatment  facility"  means  any facility that treats
     7  wastewater, including but not  limited  to  municipal  sewage  treatment
     8  plants,  industrial  wastewater  treatment plants, and septage treatment
     9  facilities.
    10    § 2. Section 27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    11  by adding two new subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
    12    7. The department shall prohibit any person from selling, offering for
    13  sale,  applying, or offering to apply biosolids, or compost derived from
    14  biosolids, from a wastewater treatment facility for the purposes of  the
    15  application  to agricultural, residential, or commercial lands except as
    16  provided for in subdivision eight of this section.
    17    8. The selling, offering for sale,  applying,  or  offering  to  apply
    18  biosolids,  or  compost derived from biosolids, from a wastewater treat-
    19  ment facility for the purposes of the application to agricultural, resi-
    20  dential, or commercial lands shall only be allowed if  the  biosolid  is
    21  treated  and  tested to not exceed the maximum contaminant levels estab-
    22  lished pursuant to section eleven hundred twelve of  the  public  health
    23  law.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13307-03-3
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