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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           306
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PERALTA, KAVANAGH, WRIGHT, COLTON -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by --  M.  of  A.    ALFANO,  BARRA,  CLARK,  GLICK,  MAYERSOHN,
          J. RIVERA, SEMINERIO, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 

        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          siting and presence  of  adequate  numbers  of  trash  receptacles  in
          commercial zones and recreational areas in cities with a population of
          one million or more
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section  27-0107  of  the
     2  environmental  conservation  law,  as added by chapter 70 of the laws of
     3  1988, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) The local solid waste management plan shall:
     5    (i) characterize the solid waste stream to be managed in the  planning
     6  period;
     7    (ii)  assess  existing  and  alternate proposed solid waste management
     8  programs and facilities;
     9    (iii) address to the maximum extent practicable the comments and views

    10  expressed  by  concerned  governmental,  environmental,  commercial  and
    11  industrial  interests  and the public on the waste reduction, recycling,
    12  reuse and disposal alternatives;
    13    (iv) identify  the  parties  with  responsibility  to  implement  each
    14  element of the plan and the steps which must be undertaken by each;
    15    (v) set forth a timetable for implementing the plan;
    16    (vi) describe the participation in the preparation of the plan of each
    17  municipality which has chosen to participate in such preparation; [and]
    18    (vii)  describe  (A) measures undertaken by the municipalities partic-
    19  ipating in the planning unit  to  secure  participation  of  neighboring
    20  jurisdictions, (B) the limitations, if any, imposed by the proposed plan
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  on  solid  waste  management  alternatives available to such neighboring
     2  jurisdictions, and (C) alternatives which would be available if a  local
     3  solid  waste management plan including such jurisdictions were prepared.
     4  Specific  written  suggestions  received  from neighboring jurisdictions
     5  shall be summarized and reflected in the plan; and
     6    (viii) in a city with a population of one million or more, a plan  for
     7  the  control  of  litter,  including  provision  for the placement of an
     8  adequate number of receptacles for  trash  and  recyclables  located  in

     9  commercial  and business districts and public recreational areas such as
    10  parks, zoos and botanical gardens.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner  of
    13  environmental conservation is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
    14  and  regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this
    15  act on its effective date on or before such date.