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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7297
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 27, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend chapter 631 of the laws of 1947, relating to 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 relating to the development
2 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
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 authority or the city of New York may engage in the transload-
17 ing of municipal solid wastes, toxic wastes and hazardous wastes only
18 after an environmental impact study is conducted in accordance with the
19 provisions of article 8 of the environmental conservation law. A public
20 hearing shall be held not later than thirty days following the
21 completion of such study.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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