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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7963
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 12, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law,  in  relation  to  exempting  contractors
          employed  by  certain  municipalities from payment of asbestos project
          notification fees for demolitions
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law, as amended
     2  by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    2. Any contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving  more  than
     5  two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet
     6  of  asbestos  or  asbestos materials shall notify both the United States
     7  Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Air and  Hazardous  Material
     8  Division and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commence-
     9  ment of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossi-
    10  ble to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after iden-
    11  tification  of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall include

    12  the following information:  the  name,  address  and  asbestos  handling
    13  license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and
    14  description  of  the building or area, including size, age and prior use
    15  of the building or area; the amount of friable asbestos material present
    16  in square feet and/or  linear  feet,  if  applicable;  room  designation
    17  numbers or other local information where such asbestos material is found
    18  unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the sche-
    19  duled  starting  and  completion  dates  for removal; the procedures and
    20  equipment, including ventilating systems  that  will  be  employed;  any
    21  additional  information  which the commissioner may require; and, except
    22  for contractors employed by a city with a population of over one hundred

    23  twenty-five thousand but not more than one million  to  engage  in  such
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05422-03-3
        A. 7963                             2
 
     1  asbestos projects, shall be accompanied by a project notification fee as
     2  follows:
 
     3                 Project Size/Linear Feet                Fee
 
     4                      260-429                            $200
     5                      430-824                             400
     6                      825-1649                          1,000
     7                      1650 or more                      2,000
 
     8                 Project Size/Square Feet                Fee
 

     9                      160-259                            $200
    10                      260-499                             400
    11                      500-999                           1,000
    12                      1000 or more                      2,000
 
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.