Prohibits the transloading of municipal solid waste, toxic waste or hazardous wastes at facilities in Richmond county unless such waste originates in such county except after an environmental impact study and a public hearing.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6159
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 16, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. BORELLI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend chapter 631 of the laws of 1947, facilitating the devel-
opment by the Port of New York Authority of marine terminals, in
relation to prohibiting transloading of certain waste at facilities in
Richmond county
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Chapter 631 of the laws of 1947 facilitating the develop-
2 ment by the Port of New York Authority of marine terminals is amended by
3 adding a new section 4-a to read as follows:
4 § 4-a. Prohibitions on solid waste, toxic wastes and hazardous wastes;
5 Richmond county. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
6 except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section, neither the Port
7 Authority nor any of its affiliated or subsidiary corporations, shall
8 engage in the transloading of municipal solid wastes, toxic wastes or
9 hazardous wastes at any facility in Richmond county, unless such wastes
10 originate in Richmond county.
11 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided
12 in subdivision (c) of this section, neither the city of New York nor
13 anyone affiliated with such city, shall engage in the transloading of
14 municipal solid wastes, toxic wastes or hazardous wastes at any facility
15 in Richmond county, unless such wastes originate in Richmond county.
16 (c) The Port Authority or the city of New York may engage in the
17 transloading of municipal solid wastes, toxic wastes and hazardous
18 wastes only after an environmental impact study is conducted in accord-
19 ance with the provisions of article 8 of the environmental conservation
20 law. A public hearing shall be held not later than thirty days following
21 the completion of such study.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
23 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
2 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
3 Port of New York Authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting
4 commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legislation
5 provided for in this act in order that the commission may maintain an
6 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
7 of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions
8 of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public
9 officers law.
