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A01767 Summary:

BILL NOA01767
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORMcDonald
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §27-0703, En Con L
 
Directs 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.
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A01767 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1767
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 20, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. The department shall undertake a review of the regulations  govern-
     4  ing  the permitting of landfills and transfer stations, including siting
     5  and expansion, to ensure that  such  regulations  integrate  the  latest
     6  scientific  information  regarding  the  impacts  of  such facilities on
     7  vulnerable populations  such  as  children  and  seniors,  disadvantaged
     8  communities,  water,  and  the environment.   On or before March thirty-
     9  first, two thousand twenty-five, the department of environmental conser-
    10  vation shall post a report containing the findings from such  review  on
    11  its website.
    12    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04895-01-3
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