Bill Text: NY A01596 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires local solid waste management plans for cities over one million to include a plan for litter control including provision for placement of an adequate number of receptacles for trash and recyclables in commercial and business zones and in public recreational areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-04 - ordered to third reading cal.73 [A01596 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01596-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1596
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEFFRIES, KAVANAGH, WRIGHT, COLTON, SCHIMEL,
         MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CLARK, GLICK, MAYER-
         SOHN, PERRY, J. RIVERA, SALADINO, TOWNS -- read once and  referred  to
         the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
         siting and presence  of  adequate  numbers  of  trash  receptacles  in
         commercial zones and recreational areas in cities with a population of
         one million or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section  27-0107  of  the
    2  environmental  conservation  law,  as added by chapter 70 of the laws of
    3  1988, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (b) The local solid waste management plan shall:
    5    (i) characterize the solid waste stream to be managed in the  planning
    6  period;
    7    (ii)  assess  existing  and  alternate proposed solid waste management
    8  programs and facilities;
    9    (iii) address to the maximum extent practicable the comments and views
   10  expressed  by  concerned  governmental,  environmental,  commercial  and
   11  industrial  interests  and the public on the waste reduction, recycling,
   12  reuse and disposal alternatives;
   13    (iv) identify  the  parties  with  responsibility  to  implement  each
   14  element of the plan and the steps which must be undertaken by each;
   15    (v) set forth a timetable for implementing the plan;
   16    (vi) describe the participation in the preparation of the plan of each
   17  municipality which has chosen to participate in such preparation; [and]
   18    (vii)  describe  (A) measures undertaken by the municipalities partic-
   19  ipating in the planning unit  to  secure  participation  of  neighboring
   20  jurisdictions, (B) the limitations, if any, imposed by the proposed plan
   21  on  solid  waste  management  alternatives available to such neighboring
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 1596                             2
    1  jurisdictions, and (C) alternatives which would be available if a  local
    2  solid  waste management plan including such jurisdictions were prepared.
    3  Specific written suggestions  received  from  neighboring  jurisdictions
    4  shall be summarized and reflected in the plan; AND
    5    (VIII)  IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, A PLAN FOR
    6  THE CONTROL OF LITTER, INCLUDING  PROVISION  FOR  THE  PLACEMENT  OF  AN
    7  ADEQUATE  NUMBER  OF  RECEPTACLES  FOR  TRASH AND RECYCLABLES LOCATED IN
    8  COMMERCIAL AND  BUSINESS  DISTRICTS  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  SANITATION
    9  COMMISSIONER  OF SUCH CITY, AND PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AREAS SUCH AS PARKS,
   10  ZOOS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS AS DETERMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE  PARKS
   11  COMMISSIONER OF SUCH CITY.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   13  it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
   14  environmental conservation is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
   15  and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement  this
   16  act on its effective date on or before such date.
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