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NY Env Conserv L § 27-1011 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control 27-1011 - Beverage Container Requirements.

§ 27-1011. Beverage container requirements.   1.  a. Every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state shall clearly indicate by permanently marking or embossing the container or by printing as part of the product label  the  refund  value  of  the container and the words "New York" or the letters "NY".   b.  Such  embossing  or permanent imprinting on the beverage container shall be the responsibility of the person,  firm  or  corporation  which bottles,  cans  or otherwise fills or packages a beverage container or a brand owner for whose exclusive  account  private  label  beverages  are bottled,  canned or otherwise packaged; provided, however, that the duly authorized agent of any such person, firm or  corporation  may  indicate such  refund value by a label securely affixed on any beverage container containing beverages imported into  the  United  States.  Private  label beverages  shall  be  defined  as  beverages purchased from a bottler in beverage containers bearing a brand name or trademark for sale at retail directly by the owner or licensee of such brand name  or  trademark;  or through  retail  dealers  affiliated  with  such  owner or licensee by a cooperative or franchise agreement.   2. No deposit initiator, distributor or dealer shall sell or offer for sale, at wholesale or retail in this state, any metal beverage container designed and constructed with a ring  or  tab  which  is  detachable  in opening  the  container  unless  such  detachable part will decompose by photodegradation or biodegradation.   3. No deposit initiator, distributor or dealer shall sell or offer for sale in this state beverage containers connected  to  each  other  by  a separate  holding  device  constructed  of  plastic  which does not: (a) decompose by photodegradation or biodegradation; or  (b) comply with minimum post-consumer recycled  material  content  and hole   diameter   limitations   as  defined  in  rules  and  regulations promulgated by the department, and is recyclable and indicates  a  resin identification code.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1014 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control 27-1014 - Authority to Promulgate Rules and Regulations.

§ 27-1014. Authority to promulgate rules and regulations.In  addition  to  the  authority  of  the commissioner, under sections   27-1009 and 27-1013 of this title, the commissioner shall have the power   to promulgate rules and regulations necessary and  appropriate  for  the   administration of this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1016 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control 27-1016 - Public Education.

§ 27-1016. Public education.The  commissioner  shall  establish  a  public  education  program  to   disseminate information regarding implementation  of  this  title.  Such   information shall include, but not be limited to, publication of the New   York  Bottle  Bill  of Rights as specified in subdivision two of section   27-1007  of  this  title;  publication  of  information  specifying  the   procedures  necessary  to  establish  a redemption center as provided in   section 27-1013 of this title, including information regarding financial   assistance available for the  establishment  of  redemption  centers  as   provided  in  section  27-1018 of this title; publication of information   delineating  the  relevant  rights  and  responsibilities   of   deposit   initiators,  distributors,  dealers,  redemption  centers  and redeemers   under the provisions of this title; publication of information regarding   the requirement that deposit initiators register with the department  of   taxation  and  finance;  and  publication  of information on the general   benefits of recycling.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1018 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control 27-1018 - Beverage Container Assistance Program.

§ 27-1018. Beverage container assistance program.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, within the   limits  of  appropriations  therefor,  the commissioner shall make state   assistance payments to  municipalities,  businesses  and  not-for-profit   organizations  located  in  the  state  for  the cost of reverse vending   machines located or to be located in the state.  Such  state  assistance   payments  shall  not  exceed  fifty  percent  of the costs of equipment,   and/or  the  acquisition  and/or  rehabilitation  of  real  property  or   structures  located  or  to  be  located  in  the  state  related to the   collecting, sorting, and packaging of empty beverage containers  subject   to the provisions of this title. Such payments may include costs related   to  the establishment of redemption centers, including mobile redemption   centers.  For  the  purposes  of  this   section,   municipalities   and   not-for-profit  organizations  shall  have  the  meaning  as  defined in   section 54-0101 of this chapter and  businesses  shall  mean  a  dealer,   distributor  or  redemption center as defined in this title that employs   less than fifty employees.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1019 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control 27-1019 - Severability.

§ 27-1019. Severability.The  provisions  of  this  title shall be severable and if any phrase,   clause, sentence or  provision  of  this  title,  or  the  applicability   thereof  to  any  person  or  circumstance  shall  be  held invalid, the   remainder of this  title  and  the  application  thereof  shall  not  be   affected thereby.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 11 - Industrial Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities 27-1107 - Powers of Municipalities.

§ 27-1107. Powers of municipalities.Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  no municipality may,   except as expressly authorized by this article or the board, require any   approval, consent, permit,  certificate  or  other  condition  including   conformity  with local zoning or land use laws and ordinances, regarding   the operation  of  a  facility  with  respect  to  which  a  certificate   hereunder  has  been  granted; provided, however, that such municipality   has received notice of the filing of the application therefor.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1111 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 11 - Industrial Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities 27-1111 - Public Participation and Education.

§ 27-1111. Public participation and education.The  department  shall  establish  a  public information program which   addresses:1.  The  nature  and  dimension  of  the  industrial  hazardous  waste   treatment, storage and disposal facility siting problem.2.  The  need  for  the  establishment  of a statewide hazardous waste   facility  siting  plan  including  the  need  to  site  any   additional   industrial  hazardous  waste  treatment, storage and disposal facilities   and the role of waste reduction, recycling and  reuse  in  the  planning   process.3.  The  necessity  and  opportunities for public participation in the   siting and planning process.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1113 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 11 - Industrial Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities 27-1113 - Community Advisory Committees.

§ 27-1113. Community advisory committees.1.  In  addition  to any authority conferred by any other provision of   law, a county within which  an  industrial  hazardous  waste  treatment,   storage  and  disposal facility subject to this title is to be situated,   shall constitute a committee for the purpose of entering into a dialogue   with the applicant to develop mutually acceptable solutions to  problems   which may be created by the siting of the facility in the community.2.  The  committee  shall  have  no  fewer  than nine and no more than   fifteen members.  No  more  than  one-third  of  the  members  shall  be   designated  by  the chief executive officer, or if none, the chairman of   the county legislative body,  of  the  affected  county.  No  less  than   two-thirds  of  the  members  shall be designated by the chief executive   officer of the affected city, town  or  village  as  the  case  may  be,   provided  however,  if the proposed facility is located in more than one   city, town or village, the  chief  executive  officer  of  such  cities,   towns,  or  villages shall have the authority to appoint an equal number   of members to the local advisory committee, the total of which shall not   be less than two-thirds of such committee.3. The members of the committee  shall  be  deemed  employees  of  the   public entity by which they were respectively designated for purposes of   section eighteen of the public officers law.4.   Within   fifteen  days  after  receipt  of  notification  of  the   constitution of a community advisory  committee,  the  chairman  of  the   board  or  his  designee  shall  convene  and  preside over a conference   between the applicant and such committee. The chairman of  the  facility   siting board or his designee shall endeavor to foster a dialogue between   the  applicant  and  the  committee,  and to that end, shall convene and   preside over such additional conferences as may be necessary.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 11 - Industrial Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities 27-1115 - Aid to Local Governments.

§ 27-1115. Aid to local governments.No  later  than the first day of April, nineteen hundred eighty-eight,   the department shall submit to the legislature and the governor a report   recommending appropriate forms of  state  aid  or  assistance  to  local   governmental  units  within  the  boundaries  of  which  any  industrial   hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal  facilities  subject  to   this  title  may  be  located.  Such  report  shall  be developed by the   department and shall:1. describe the nature of the probable impacts upon local governmental   units of such facilities;2. describe the possible forms or kinds  of  state  or  other  aid  or   assistance which might be appropriate to mitigate or provide off-setting   benefits  with respect to each of the kinds of probable impacts on local   governmental units identified pursuant to this section; and3.  set  forth  the  department's  specific  recommendations  to   the   legislature  and  the  governor for the forms of kinds of state or other   aid or assistance to local governmental units  to  mitigate  or  provide   off-setting  benefits  with  respect  to such impacts, together with the   reasons for the department's specific recommendations.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 12 - Mitigation and Remediation of Certain Solid Waste Sites and Drinking Water Contamination 27-1209 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 27-1209. Rules and regulations.The  department  shall  promulgate rules and regulations necessary and   appropriate to carry out the purposes of  this  title  and  shall  at  a   minimum include such provisions for requisite due process and meaningful   public  participation  as  are  appropriate  to  any  action  undertaken   pursuant to this title, taking into consideration the nature and  degree   of   any  public  health  impacts  and  the  urgency  of  any  need  for   investigation or remediation of contamination.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 12 - Mitigation and Remediation of Certain Solid Waste Sites and Drinking Water Contamination 27-1211 - Protection Against Liability and Liability Exemptions and Defenses.

§ 27-1211. Protection  against  liability  and  liability exemptions anddefenses.In addition to common law defenses, the provisions of sections 27-1321   and 27-1323 of this article shall apply to a solid waste  site  that  is   causing   or  substantially  contributing  to  contamination  of  public   drinking water supplies or a drinking water contamination site  pursuant   to  this  title and shall apply to emerging contaminants in the same way   applicable to hazardous materials and hazardous wastes.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 13 - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites 27-1303 - Identification of Sites.

§ 27-1303. Identification of sites.1. a. For a period of one year after the effective date of the chapter   of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  three  designating  and  amending this   paragraph, each county shall,  for  the  purpose  of  locating  inactive   hazardous  waste  disposal  sites,  as  that term was defined on January   first, two thousand three, survey  its  jurisdiction  to  determine  the   existence  and  location  of suspected inactive hazardous waste disposal   sites and shall annually thereafter submit a report  to  the  department   describing  the location of each such suspected site and the reasons for   such suspicion.b. Commencing one year after the effective  date  of  this  paragraph,   each  county shall, for the purpose of locating inactive hazardous waste   disposal sites, survey its jurisdiction to determine the  existence  and   location  of suspected inactive hazardous waste disposal sites and shall   annually thereafter submit a report to  the  department  describing  the   location of each such suspected site and the reasons for such suspicion.2.  Each county shall review the information concerning such county in   the registry established pursuant to section 27-1305 of this article and   shall, on or  before  September  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty,  and   annually  thereafter  on  the  first day of September of each succeeding   year, provide the department with any information which might correct or   supplement the information in such registry with  respect  to  suspected   inactive  hazardous waste disposal sites within the jurisdiction of such   county.3. Nothing contained within this section shall (a) preclude  a  county   from  cooperating  with  local  jurisdictions, regional organizations or   state agencies to fulfill its responsibilities  under  subdivisions  one   and  two of this section or (b) reduce the powers or responsibilities of   any county, other local jurisdiction,  regional  organization  or  state   agency   to  identify,  investigate,  assess  or  monitor  any  inactive   hazardous waste disposal site.4. For purposes of this section,  "county"  shall  include  each  city   incorporating  within  its  boundary  one or more counties but shall not   include those counties incorporated within a city.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1307 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 13 - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites 27-1307 - Reports to the Department.

§ 27-1307. Reports to the department.1.   In  order  to  facilitate  the  department's  efforts  to  secure   information about inactive hazardous waste disposal sites in the  state,   any  person  shall,  upon  the request of the department, furnish to the   department, in a form and  manner  prescribed  by  the  department,  the   following information:a.  The  name  and  location  of facilities within the state that have   generated significant quantities of hazardous wastes or sites within the   state which have received wastes which are now or were formerly owned or   operated by such person or to or from which such person has  transported   such wastes;b.  A  description  of  current and past waste generating and disposal   activities at facilities identified pursuant  to  paragraph  a  of  this   subdivision  which  have  generated  hazardous wastes including products   manufactured or services provided, generic type of processes used in the   manufacturing of products or provision of services, the type and  annual   quantity  of  hazardous  wastes generated in significant quantities, the   locations of all sites used for the disposal of wastes generated by such   facilities, the years of use of such sites for the disposal  of  wastes,   the  type and quantity of waste disposed of at such sites and the manner   of disposal of hazardous wastes at such sites;c. A description of current and  past  waste  disposal  activities  at   sites  identified pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision which have   received wastes including years of use of such sites for the disposal of   wastes, type and quantity of all hazardous wastes disposed  of  at  such   sites and the manner of disposal of hazardous wastes at such sites;d. With respect to each site identified pursuant to paragraphs a and b   of  this  subdivision,  names of persons that have transported hazardous   wastes to such sites,  a  description  of  any  testing,  monitoring  or   remedial actions undertaken or planned at such sites and any significant   health  or  environmental  problems  known or suspected to exist at such   sites; ande. Any other information that the department  may  deem  necessary  to   prepare the state inactive hazardous waste remedial plan or the registry   required by section 27-1305 of this article.2.  In  the  event the person furnishing such information cannot fully   comply with the request for information, such person shall set forth his   efforts to comply with such request.3. Any information submitted to the department shall be  considered  a   "written  instrument"  as defined in subdivision three of section 175.00   of the penal law.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1311 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 13 - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites 27-1311 - Confidentiality.

§ 27-1311. Confidentiality.1.  The  department  or any other state agency shall hold confidential   any information in any report to the department made pursuant to section   27-1307 of this article or any records secured by the department or  any   inspection,  sampling  or  analysis  made  by the department pursuant to   section 27-1309  of  this  article  or  obtained  while  implementing  a   remedial  program  pursuant  to section 27-1313 of this article when the   site owner or operator or a  generator  who  contributed  to  any  waste   disposed  of  at  the site requests that such information is entitled to   protection  under  paragraph  (d)  of   subdivision   two   of   section   eighty-seven  of  the  public  officers  law  and  rules and regulations   promulgated  thereunder.  Release  of  such  information  shall  be   in   accordance with article six of the public officers law.2. Any agent, consultant, contractor or other person authorized by the   commissioner   pursuant  to  this  title  shall  hold  such  information   confidential. Release of any such information by any agent,  consultant,   contractor  or other person authorized by the commissioner shall only be   made  after  a  determination  by  the  commissioner  pursuant  to   the   procedures set forth in article six of the public officers law.3.  Nothing  herein shall restrict the exchange of information between   the department and its agents, consultants, contractors or other persons   authorized by  the  commissioner  pursuant  to  this  title  or  between   separate agents, consultants, contractors or other persons authorized by   the commissioner pursuant to this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1315 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 13 - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites 27-1315 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 27-1315. Rules and regulations.1.  The  commissioner  shall  have  the  power to promulgate rules and   regulations necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of  this   title.  Any  regulations  shall  include  provisions which establish the   procedures for a hearing pursuant to subdivision four of section 27-1313   of this title and shall ensure  a  division  of  functions  between  the   commissioner,  the  staff who present the case, and any hearing officers   appointed. In addition, any regulations shall set forth findings  to  be   based  on  a  factual record, which must be made before the commissioner   determines that a significant threat to the environment exists.2. Such rules and regulations of the department as shall be in  effect   on  the  effective  date  of  this  subdivision  that  shall  have  been   promulgated to carry out the purposes of this title shall be  deemed  to   be revised, as of the effective date of this subdivision, to include the   definition of "hazardous waste" as it appears in section 27-1301 of this   title.
NY Env Conserv L § 27-1316 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste Title 13 - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites 27-1316 - Citizen Technical Assistance Grants.

§ 27-1316. Citizen technical assistance grants.   1. The commissioner is authorized to provide, or order a person acting under  order  or  on  consent,  to  provide grants to any not-for-profit corporation exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code who may be affected by an inactive hazardous waste disposal site  remedial  program.  To  qualify  to  receive  such  assistance,  a community  group  must  demonstrate  that  its membership represents the interests of the community affected by  such  site,  and  that  members' health,   economic  well-being  or  enjoyment  of  the  environment  are potentially affected by  such  site.  Such  grants  shall  be  known  as technical  assistance  grants  and  may  be  used  to  obtain  technical assistance in interpreting information with regard to the nature of  the hazard posed by hazardous waste located at or emanating from an inactive hazardous   waste  disposal  site  or  sites  and  the  development  and implementation of an inactive hazardous  waste  disposal  site  remedial program or programs. Such grants may also be used:  (a) to advise affected residents on any health assessment; and  (b)  for  training  funds  for  the  education  of interested affected community members to enable them to more effectively participate in  the remedy selection process.   Grants  awarded under this section may not be used for the purposes of collecting  field  sampling  data,  political   activity   or   lobbying legislative bodies.   2.  The  amount of any grant awarded under this section may not exceed fifty thousand dollars at any one site.   3. No matching contribution from the grant recipient shall be required for a technical assistance grant. Following a grant award, a portion  of the  grant shall be made available to the grant recipient, in advance of the expenditures to be covered by the grant,  in  five  thousand  dollar installments.