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Assembly Bill A5439

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to registry of preliminary sites under investigation for hazardous waste disposal on the DEC's website

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2013-A5439 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3943
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-1301, add §27-1325, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7365, S5074

2013-A5439 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to registry of preliminary sites under investigation for hazardous waste disposal on the DEC's website.

2013-A5439 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3943                                                  A. 5439

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 27, 2013
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
  Conservation

IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ABINANTI -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law,  in  relation  to  a
  registry  of preliminary sites under investigation for hazardous waste
  disposal on the department of environmental conservation's website

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  27-1301 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. "AREA OF CONCERN" MEANS ANY LOCATION WHERE THE DEPARTMENT IS INVES-
TIGATING A THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT RELATED TO HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT WAS
KNOWN OR HAS BEEN DISCHARGED, GENERATED, MANUFACTURED,  REFINED,  TRANS-
PORTED,  STORED,  HANDLED, TREATED OR DISPOSED, OR WHERE HAZARDOUS WASTE
MAY HAVE MIGRATED.
  S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 27-1325 to read as follows:
S 27-1325. AREAS OF CONCERN.
  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN AND MAKE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION
AT  EACH  OF  ITS  REGIONAL OFFICES AND REGIONAL SUB-OFFICES, AND ON ITS
WEBSITE, A LIST OF ALL AREAS OF CONCERN. IN ADDITION, FOR EACH  AREA  OF
CONCERN  THE  REGISTRY SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE BASIS FOR
INCLUSION OF EACH SITE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08080-01-3

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