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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 14 - Brownfield Cleanup Program › 27-1413 - Alternatives Analysis.

§ 27-1413. Alternatives analysis.
1.  For  sites  proposed  to  be  remediated under Track 1 pursuant to
section 27-1415 of this title, the applicant shall develop and  evaluate
at least one remedial alternative.
2.  For  all  other sites, the applicant shall develop and evaluate at
least two remedial alternatives, one of which would achieve  a  Track  1
cleanup.  The  department  shall  have  the  discretion  to  require the
evaluation of additional alternatives at a site that has been determined
to  pose  a  significant  threat.  The  applicant   shall   submit   the
alternatives  analysis  as  a  part  of  the  remedial  work plan to the
department for review, approval, modification or rejection.
3. Unless the applicant has elected to remediate the site to Track  1,
the  department  may require the applicant, as a condition of continuing
under this program, to develop and evaluate a Track 2  cleanup  pursuant
to  section  27-1415  of this title for such non-significant threat site
upon due consideration of the following factors:
(a) the degree to which the remedy selection criteria would be  better
satisfied by a Track 2 cleanup;
(b)  the  degree  of  impact  a  Track  2  cleanup  would  have on the
applicant's  ability  to  successfully  cleanup  and/or  redevelop   the
property;
(c)  the  benefit to the environment to be realized by the expeditious
remediation of the property; and
(d)  the  economic  benefit  to  the  state  to  be  realized  by  the
expeditious remediation of the property.
4.   For  sites  that  the  department  has  determined  constitute  a
significant threat, the  department  shall  select  the  remedy  from  a
department-approved alternatives analysis prepared by the applicant.
5.  For  sites  that the department has determined do not constitute a
significant  threat,  the  applicant  may  select  the  remedy  from   a
department-approved  alternatives analysis, which analysis shall contain
at least two remedial alternatives as set forth in  subdivision  two  of
this  section. Provided, however, that where the department has required
the applicant to develop and evaluate a Track  2 cleanup, the department
shall have the discretion to, as a condition of  continuing  under  this
program, require the applicant to implement such remedy.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 14 - Brownfield Cleanup Program › 27-1420 - Brownfield Cleanup Program Report.

§ 27-1420. Brownfield cleanup program report.
1. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of taxation
  and  finance, shall prepare on or before April thirtieth of each year, a
  report concerning the brownfield  cleanup  program  which  contains  the
  following information for the preceding fiscal year:
a.   the   number  of  requests  for  participation  received  by  the
  department;
b. the number of remedial investigations commenced, and the number  of
  remedial investigations completed;
c.  the  number  of requests for participation withdrawn or terminated
  prior to issuance of certificate of completion;
d. for each request for participation that resulted in  a  certificate
  of  completion, the length of time from the date the department received
  the request, to the date the  commissioner  issues  the  certificate  of
  completion;
e. the total number of certificates of completion issued; and
f.  such  other  information  as  the  commissioner  may  determine is
  relevant to the status of the administration of the program.
2. Copies of this report shall  be  submitted  to  the  governor,  the
  director  of  the  budget,  the  temporary  president of the senate, the
  speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate finance committee,  the
  chair  of  the  assembly  ways  and  means  committee  and  the New York
  brownfields advisory board.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 14 - Brownfield Cleanup Program › 27-1425 - Change of Use.

§ 27-1425. Change of use.
1.  At  least  sixty  days  before the start of physical alteration or
construction constituting a change of use at a  brownfield  site  or  at
least  sixty  days before a change of use at such site not involving any
physical alteration or construction, as the case may be, the  person  or
entity  proposing  to  make  a  change  of  use  shall  provide  written
notification to the department.
2. No person shall engage in any activity at a brownfield site that is
not consistent with restrictions placed upon the use of the property, or
that will, or that reasonably is anticipated to:  prevent  or  interfere
significantly  with  a proposed, ongoing, or completed remedial program;
or expose the public  health  or  the  environment  to  a  significantly
increased  threat  of harm or damage from such site. If the commissioner
determines that a proposed change of use is prohibited pursuant to  this
section,  he  or  she shall, within forty-five days after receipt of the
complete notice required by this section, provide the person giving such
notice with a written determination that such change of use will not  be
authorized, together with the reasons for such determination.
3. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "change of use" means the transfer of title to all or part of such
brownfield  site,  the  erection  of  any  structure  on  such site, the
creation of a park or other public or private recreational  facility  on
such  site,  or  any  activity  that  is  likely  to  disrupt  or expose
contamination or to increase direct human exposure; or any other conduct
that will or may tend to significantly  interfere  with  an  ongoing  or
completed  remedial  program  at  such site and the continued ability to
implement the engineering and  institutional  controls  associated  with
such site.
(b)  "complete  notice"  means  a  notice that adequately apprises the
department of the contemplated change of use of such site and  how  such
change  of  use  may  affect  the site's proposed, ongoing, or completed
remedial program.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 14 - Brownfield Cleanup Program › 27-1429 - Permit Waivers.

§ 27-1429. Permit waivers.
The  department,  by and through the commissioner, shall be exempt for
  activities conducted pursuant to subdivision five of section 27-1411  of
  this  title  and  shall  be  authorized  to  exempt  a  person  from the
  requirement to obtain any state or local permit or  other  authorization
  for  any  activity  needed  to implement a program for the investigation
  and/or remediation of contamination at or emanating  from  a  brownfield
  site;  provided  that  the  activity  is  conducted  in  a  manner which
  satisfies all substantive  technical  requirements  applicable  to  like
  activity conducted pursuant to a permit.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 14 - Brownfield Cleanup Program › 27-1433 - Waiver of Interest or Penalties or Other Charges on Brownfield Properties.

§ 27-1433. Waiver   of   interest  or  penalties  or  other  charges  on
brownfield properties.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the  contrary,  the  governing
  body  of  any tax district shall be authorized, by resolution, to permit
  the enforcing officer to effect the cancellation in whole or in part  of
  any  interest,  penalties  or  other charges on real property where such
  real property is subject  to  the  brownfield  site  clean-up  agreement
  entered  into  by a volunteer pursuant to section 27-1409 of this title.
  Provided, however, that in cases  where  such  interest,  penalties,  or
  other  charges,  if  collected  by a tax district, belong to a municipal
  corporation within such tax district, no reduction or remission in whole
  or in part of such interest, penalties, or other charges shall  be  made
  without the consent of the municipal corporation affected, which consent
  may  be  given  by resolution adopted after a public hearing. Failure of
  such real property to receive a certificate of  completion  pursuant  to
  section 27-1419 of this title or revocation of such certificate shall be
  grounds  for revocation of any waiver of interest, penalties, or charges
  granted pursuant to this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 14 - Brownfield Cleanup Program › 27-1437 - Bcp-Ez Program.

§ 27-1437. BCP-EZ program.
1.  The  department  may promulgate regulations to implement a program
providing  for  the  expedited  investigation  and/or   remediation   of
contamination at brownfield sites (BCP-EZ program), provided that:
(a) at the time of the application, the department has determined that
the  brownfield  site  does  not  pose  a significant threat pursuant to
section 27-1411 of this title;
(b) the applicant has waived in writing  any  claim  for  tax  credits
pursuant  to  section  twenty-one of the tax law on a form prescribed by
the department; and
(c) the  activity  is  conducted  in  a  manner  which  satisfies  all
requirements  applicable to like activity conducted pursuant to sections
27-1415 and 27-1417 of this title, except as provided in subdivision two
of this section and the time periods specified in paragraphs (b) and (c)
of subdivision three of section 27-1417 of this title.
2. For any site accepted into the  BCP-EZ  program  pursuant  to  this
section  with a remedial work plan identifying a Track 4 remediation, if
a contaminant is identified in soil in excess  of  the  remedial  action
objectives  contained  in an applicable generic table developed pursuant
to subdivision six of section 27-1415 of this title, the  applicant  may
use  site-specific  data  to  demonstrate  to  the  department  that the
concentration of  the  contaminant  in  the  soils  reflects  background
conditions  and,  in  that case, a contaminant-specific action objective
for such contaminant equal  to  such  background  concentration  may  be
established  provided  that  such  objective is protective of the public
health and the environment and is determined in a manner  acceptable  to
the department.
3.  Upon  the  department's  acceptance  of  the  certification by the
applicant that the remediation requirements of this title,  pursuant  to
section  27-1419  of  this  title, have been achieved for the brownfield
site and an environmental easement, if necessary, has been  created  and
filed  pursuant  to  title  thirty-six  of  article  seventy-one of this
chapter, a site in the BCP-EZ program shall be  eligible  to  receive  a
certificate  of  completion  in  accordance with section 27-1419 of this
title; provided, however, that such certificate of completion shall  not
entitle  the holder to any tax credits provided by section twenty-one of
the tax law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1501 - Definitions.

§ 27-1501. Definitions.
1.  "Regulated  medical  waste"  shall mean regulated medical waste as
  defined pursuant to  section  thirteen  hundred  eighty-nine-aa  of  the
  public  health  law  and  regulations  promulgated thereunder, provided,
  however, that "regulated medical waste" shall not include any  hazardous
  waste  identified or listed pursuant to section 27-0903 of this article,
  or any household waste as defined in regulations promulgated under  such
  section.
2.  "Person"  shall  mean  an  individual,  trust,  firm,  joint stock
  company, corporation (including a government corporation),  partnership,
  association,  state  or  federal  government  and  any  agency  thereof,
  municipality, commission, political  subdivision  of  a  state,  or  any
  interstate body.
3.  "Storage" shall mean the containment of regulated medical waste in
  such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste.
4. "Transport" shall mean the movement of regulated medical waste from
  the point of generation to any intermediate points and  finally  to  the
  point of ultimate disposal. For the purposes of this title, the point of
  generation  with  regard to facilities that are generator's of regulated
  medical waste shall be the point at which the  regulated  medical  waste
  leaves the generator's facility site.
5. "Treatment" shall mean any method, technique or process designed to
  change the character or composition of any regulated medical waste so as
  to  either  neutralize such waste or to render such waste not infectious
  as approved by the commissioner of health pursuant to  section  thirteen
  hundred eighty-nine-dd of the public health law.
7. "Ownership" shall mean the possession of equity in the capital, the
  stock  or the profits of an entity transporting regulated medical waste,
  including, but not limited to, property in or  title  to  a  vehicle  or
  vessel  or  any  exclusive  lease  or  bailment of a motor vehicle for a
  period of greater than thirty days.
8. "Indirect ownership" shall mean an ownership interest in an  entity
  that  has  an  ownership  interest  in  an entity transporting regulated
  medical waste.
9. "Substantial interest" shall mean ownership or  indirect  ownership
  of ten per centum or more.
11. "Infectious agents" shall be limited to those organisms that cause
  disease or an adverse health impact to humans.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1503 - Applicability.

§ 27-1503. Applicability.
It  is  the  purpose  of  this title to regulate the transportation of
  regulated medical waste in a uniform manner throughout  the  state.  All
  the  requirements  of  this  title  shall apply to any person or persons
  engaged in the storage, containment, treatment, disposal or transfer  of
  regulated  medical  waste  off  the  site of the facility producing such
  waste. This title and the regulations promulgated pursuant hereto  shall
  supersede  all other state and local laws relating to the transportation
  of regulated medical waste to the extent such laws  are  not  consistent
  with this title and such regulations.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1504 - Regulated Medical Waste Tracking Program.

§ 27-1504. Regulated medical waste tracking program.
1. The commissioner shall promulgate new regulations or amend existing
  regulations  establishing  a  program  for the tracking of the regulated
  medical waste which is generated in this state. Such  regulations  shall
  not be subject to the requirements of subdivision 2 of section 3-0301 of
  this chapter.
2. Such program shall:
a.  Provide  for  tracking of the transportation of the waste from the
  generator to the disposal facility, except that waste  that  is  treated
  need not be tracked after treatment;
b.  Include  a  system  for  providing the generator of the waste with
  assurance that the  waste  was  treated  or  received  by  the  disposal
  facility; and
c.  Use  a uniform form for tracking provided that different forms may
  be required for generators of differing quantities of medical waste.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1507 - Treatment and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste.

§ 27-1507. Treatment and disposal of regulated medical waste.
1. Treatment or disposal of regulated medical waste shall be by one of
  the following methods:
a.  By incineration in a regulated medical waste incineration facility
  approved and under permit pursuant to article nineteen of  this  chapter
  which  provides  complete  combustion  of  the  waste  to  carbonized or
  mineralized  ash.  Regulated  medical  waste  so  combusted   shall   be
  disposable  as  nonhazardous  waste  provided  it  is  not  an otherwise
  hazardous waste as defined in the regulations promulgated under  section
  27-0903 of this article.
b.  By  discharge  to  sewerage  system  if  the  waste  is  liquid or
  semi-liquid except as specifically prohibited by the commissioner or the
  commissioner of health.
c. By decontamination by autoclaving, or by other  technique  approved
  by the department of health. Regulated medical waste so treated shall be
  disposed  of  as  solid  waste  provided it is not otherwise a hazardous
  waste as defined in section 27-0903 of this article or  the  regulations
  promulgated  thereunder,  and is accompanied by a certificate, in a form
  prescribed by the commissioner of health which evidences such treatment.
d. By other method approved in writing by the commissioner of health.
2. Regulated medical wastes shall not be disposed of by  burial  at  a
  landfill   disposal   facility,   unless   treated  in  accordance  with
  subdivision  one  of  this  section.  All  sharps   must   be   rendered
  unrecognizable prior to disposal.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1509 - Transfer of Regulated Medical Waste to Off-Site Treatment and Disposal Facilities.

§ 27-1509. Transfer of regulated medical waste to off-site treatment and
disposal facilities.
1.  No person shall transport regulated medical waste unless permitted
  as a regulated medical waste transporter by the department.
2. Vehicles transporting more than fifty pounds of  regulated  medical
  waste  shall be identified on each side and the back of the vehicle with
  the  name  or  trademark  of  the  transporter  and  with  conspicuously
  displayed  signs  or  decals  with  the  word  "infectious" or the words
  "regulated medical waste".
a. Regulated  medical  waste  shall  be  transported  to  an  off-site
  treatment  or disposal facility in a leakproof, fully enclosed container
  or vehicle compartment.
b. Regulated medical waste  shall  not  be  transported  in  the  same
  vehicle   with  other  waste  unless  the  regulated  medical  waste  is
  separately contained in rigid reusable containers or  kept  separate  by
  barriers  from  other waste, or unless all of the waste is to be treated
  or disposed of  as  regulated  medical  waste  in  accordance  with  the
  requirements of this title.
c.  Regulated  medical  waste  shall  be  delivered  for  treatment or
  disposal only  to  a  facility  to  which  delivery  of  such  waste  is
  authorized pursuant to this article.
d.  Persons  manually  loading  or  unloading  containers of regulated
  medical waste on or from transport vehicles shall be provided  by  their
  employer  with,  and  shall  be  required to wear, protective gloves and
  other protective clothing as may be required by the department.
e. Surfaces of transport  vehicles  that  have  contacted  spilled  or
  leaked  regulated  medical  waste  shall be decontaminated by procedures
  approved by the commissioner of health.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1510 - Standards Applicable to Generators of Regulated Medical Waste.

§ 27-1510. Standards  applicable  to  generators  of  regulated  medical
waste.
1.  The  commissioner  shall   promulgate   regulations   establishing
  standards which shall be applicable to all generators of any quantity of
  regulated medical waste, as may be necessary to protect human health and
  the  environment.  Such standards shall include, but need not be limited
  to, requirements respecting:
a. Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the quantities  of
  such regulated medical waste generated, and the disposition thereof;
b.  Compliance  with  the marking, labeling and packaging requirements
  pursuant to section 27-1505 of this title;
c. Compliance with the tracking system pursuant to section 27-1504  of
  this title; and
d.  Submission of an annual report to the commissioner, and additional
  reports at such times as the commissioner deems necessary, on such forms
  as the  commissioner  shall  prescribe,  respecting  the  quantities  of
  regulated  medical  waste  generated during a specified time period, and
  the disposition thereof.
2. Any such regulation may not exempt, but may differ in its terms  as
  between generators of differing quantities of regulated medical waste.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1515 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 27-1515. Rules and Regulations.
The  commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations in conformity
  with the standards for storage, containment, transportation and disposal
  of regulated medical waste, pursuant to the provisions  of  this  title.
  The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations, consistent with
  standards  established  by the department of health, for decontamination
  and treatment of regulated medical waste pursuant to the  provisions  of
  this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 15 - Storage, Treatment, Disposal and Transportation of Regulated Medical Waste › 27-1519 - Pilot Projects.

§ 27-1519. Pilot projects.
The  commissioner  shall  cooperate with the commissioner of health to
  develop pilot projects pursuant to subdivision 3 of section  1389-dd  of
  the  public  health  law  to  promote  the  safe handling, treatment and
  disposal  of  medical  waste  generated  in  private   residences.   The
  commissioner  may  exempt  these  pilot  projects  from  the  permitting
  requirements of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 18 - Rechargeable Battery Recycling › 27-1803 - Definitions.

§ 27-1803. Definitions.
When used in this title:
1.  "battery  manufacturer"  means  every  person, firm or corporation
  that:  (i) produces rechargeable batteries sold or  distributed  in  the
  state,  or packages such batteries for sale in the state, except that if
  such production or packaging is for a distributor having  the  right  to
  produce  or  otherwise  package that same brand of battery in the state,
  then such distributor shall be deemed to be the battery manufacturer; or
  (ii) imports rechargeable batteries into the United States that are sold
  or distributed in the state;
2. "consumer" means any person who purchases one or more  rechargeable
  batteries,  or  products  containing such batteries at the time of sale,
  for personal use;
3. "place of business" means the location at which a retailer sells or
  offers for  sale  to  consumers,  rechargeable  batteries,  or  products
  containing such batteries at the time of sale;
4.  "rechargeable  battery"  means  any  rechargeable  nickel-cadmium,
  sealed lead, lithium ion, nickel metal hydride  battery,  or  any  other
  such  dry  cell  battery  capable  of being recharged weighing less than
  twenty-five pounds, or battery  packs  containing  such  batteries;  but
  shall  not include a battery used as the principal electric power source
  for a vehicle, such as, but not limited to, an automobile, boat,  truck,
  tractor,  golf  cart or wheelchair; for storage of electricity generated
  by an alternative power source, such as solar or wind-driven generators;
  or for memory backup that is an  integral  component  of  an  electronic
  device;
5.  "retailer" means a person, firm or corporation that engages in the
  sale of rechargeable batteries, or products containing  such  batteries,
  to  a consumer in the state, including, but not limited to, transactions
  conducted through sales outlets, catalogs, by  mail,  telephone  or  the
  internet.  For the purposes of this section retailer shall not include a
  food store; and
6. "food store" means a store selling primarily food and food products
  for consumption or use off the premises that occupies less than fourteen
  thousand square feet of display space.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 18 - Rechargeable Battery Recycling › 27-1805 - Rechargeable Battery Disposal Ban.

§ 27-1805. Rechargeable battery disposal ban.
No  person  shall knowingly dispose of rechargeable batteries as solid
  waste at any time in the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 18 - Rechargeable Battery Recycling › 27-1809 - Enforcement of This Title.

§ 27-1809. Enforcement of this title.
1.  Any  person who violates the provisions of section 27-1805 of this
  title shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of fifty dollars
  for the first violation, one hundred  dollars  for  a  second  violation
  committed  within  twelve  months  of  a prior violation and two hundred
  dollars for a third or  subsequent  violation  committed  within  twelve
  months of any prior violation.
2.  Any  retailer  as  that term is defined in section 27-1803 of this
  title, who violates the provisions of  section  27-1807  of  this  title
  shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred dollars
  for  the  first  violation,  four hundred dollars for a second violation
  committed within twelve months of a prior violation,  and  five  hundred
  dollars  for  a  third  or  subsequent violation committed within twelve
  months of any prior violation.
3. Any battery manufacturer,  as  that  term  is  defined  in  section
  27-1803 of this title, who violates the provisions of section 27-1807 of
  this  title  shall  be  liable  for a civil penalty in the amount of two
  thousand dollars for the first violation, four thousand  dollars  for  a
  second  violation  committed  within twelve months of a prior violation,
  and five thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation  committed
  within twelve months of any prior violation.
4.  Civil  penalties  under  this  section  shall  be  assessed by the
  commissioner after a hearing or opportunity to be heard pursuant to  the
  provisions  of  section 71-1709 of this chapter, or shall be assessed by
  the court in any action or  proceeding  pursuant  to  this  section.  In
  addition  to  any civil penalties, any person, retailer or manufacturer,
  as those terms are defined in section 27-1803  of  this  title,  may  by
  similar process be enjoined from continuing such violation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 18 - Rechargeable Battery Recycling › 27-1811 - State Preemption.

§ 27-1811. State preemption.
Jurisdiction   in  all  matters  pertaining  to  rechargeable  battery
  recycling is, by this  title,  vested  exclusively  in  the  state.  Any
  provision  of  any  local  law  or  ordinance, or any rule or regulation
  promulgated thereto, governing  rechargeable  battery  recycling  shall,
  upon  the effective date of section 27-1805 of this title, be preempted;
  provided, however, that nothing in this section shall preclude a  person
  from   coordinating,   for   recycling   or  reuse,  the  collection  of
  rechargeable batteries.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 19 - Waste Tire Management and Recycling › 27-1903 - Waste Tire Management Priorities.

§ 27-1903. Waste tire management priorities.
In  the  interest of public health, safety and welfare and in order to
conserve  natural  resources  and  to  promote  recycling   and   market
development  for waste tires, the state of New York establishes a policy
on the management of waste tires that states:
1. The waste tire management priorities in this state are:
(a) first, to reduce the number of waste tires generated;
(b) second, to remediate waste tire stockpiles in noncompliance;
(c) third, to recycle waste tires into value-added products;
(d) fourth, to beneficially use  waste  tires  in  an  environmentally
acceptable  manner,  including  the  beneficial use in civil engineering
applications; and
(e)  fifth,  to  recover,  in  an  environmentally  acceptable  manner
consistent  with  the  purpose  of this chapter, energy from waste tires
that cannot be economically recycled or otherwise beneficially used.
2. State  government  must  make  an  essential  contribution  to  the
development  and  implementation  of  environmentally,  economically and
technically viable waste tire management programs. The department  shall
cooperate  with  other  state  agencies,  including  the  department  of
economic development, New York state  energy  research  and  development
authority,  the department of transportation, the New York state thruway
authority and the department of health, to ensure that waste  tires  are
effectively   managed   and  used  in  environmentally  acceptable  ways
consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 19 - Waste Tire Management and Recycling › 27-1905 - Mandatory Tire Acceptance.

§ 27-1905. Mandatory tire acceptance.
Any tire service shall:
1.  Until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, accept from
  a customer, waste tires of approximately the same size and in a quantity
  equal to the number of new tires purchased or installed by the customer;
  and
2. Until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, post written
  notice in a prominent  location,  which  must  be  at  least  eight  and
  one-half  inches  by  fourteen  inches in size and contain the following
  language:
"New York State law requires us to accept and manage waste tires  from
  vehicles  in  exchange  for an equal number of new tires that we sell or
  install. Tire retailers are required to charge a separate  and  distinct
  waste tire management and recycling fee of $2.50 for each new tire sold.
The retailers in addition are authorized, at their sole discretion, to
  pass  on  waste  tire management and recycling costs to tire purchasers.
  Such costs may be included as part of the advertised price  of  the  new
  tire,  or  charged  as  a  separate  per-tire charge in an amount not to
  exceed $2.50 on each new tire sold."
The written notice shall also contain one of the following  statements
  at  the  end  of  the aforementioned language and as part of the notice,
  which shall accurately indicate the manner in  which  the  tire  service
  charges for waste tire management and recycling costs, and the amount of
  any charges that are separately invoiced for such costs:
"Our  waste  tire  management  and recycling costs are included in the
  advertised price of each new tire.", or
"We charge a separate per-tire charge of $____ on each new  tire  sold
  that  will  be listed on your invoice to cover our waste tire management
  and recycling costs."
3. Any retail advertisement of promotional material provided by or  on
  behalf  of  the  tire  service  that  lists  a tire price which does not
  include waste tire management and recycling costs shall contain  one  of
  the   following   statements   conspicuously   located   in  or  on  the
  advertisement and in the same font as the advertised price of the  tire:
  "Additional  fees  relating  to  tire management and recycling costs may
  apply," or, "We charge a separate per-tire charge of $____ on  each  new
  tire  sold  that  will be listed on your invoice to cover our waste tire
  management and recycling  costs  where  applicable."  Where  the  latter
  statement  is  used,  it  shall list the amount of the separate per-tire
  charge.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 19 - Waste Tire Management and Recycling › 27-1909 - Market Development.

§ 27-1909. Market development.
No  later  than  one  year  after the effective date of this title and
  continuing annually thereafter, the department of  economic  development
  shall:
1.  assist  private market development with new technologies for waste
  tire reuse and recycling with an emphasis on higher-value  end  uses  in
  order to further create and enhance sustainable markets;
2.  provide  industrial  and  consumer  education on other benefits of
  recycled waste tire product through the preparation of fact  sheets  and
  public workshops; and
3.  prepare  an  annual  summary  report  and  analysis of markets and
  disposition of both New York state stockpiled tires and New  York  state
  annually  generated  waste  tires. This report shall be submitted to the
  department and legislature by the last day of March of each year.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 19 - Waste Tire Management and Recycling › 27-1911 - Prohibition on Land Burial.

§ 27-1911. Prohibition on land burial.
1.  No  person  shall  knowingly  dispose of waste tires in a landfill
  except as provided in subdivision two of this section.
2. No moneys from the waste management and cleanup fund shall be  used
  to  dispose  of  waste  tires  in  a  landfill unless the department has
  determined that it is not feasible to  convert  the  waste  tires  to  a
  beneficial     use.     Department-approved     beneficial    uses    of
  scrap-tire-derived material for  leachate  collection  systems,  or  gas
  collection  systems  in  the construction or operation of a landfill are
  not considered disposal.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 19 - Waste Tire Management and Recycling › 27-1915 - Use of Waste Tire Management and Recycling Fee Funds.

§ 27-1915. Use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds.
Waste  tire  management  and  recycling fees shall be deposited in the
waste management and cleanup fund established in  section  ninety-two-bb
of  the state finance law, and shall be made available for the following
purposes:
1. costs of the department for the following:
(a) first-year costs:
(i) enumeration and assessment of noncompliant waste tire  stockpiles;
and
(ii)  aerial  reconnaissance  to locate, survey and characterize sites
environmentally, for remote sensing, special analysis and scanning;
(b) abatement of noncompliant waste tire stockpiles;
(c)  administration  and  enforcement  of  the  requirements  of  this
article, exclusive of titles thirteen and fourteen; and
(d)  conducting  an  updated market analysis of outlets for waste tire
utilization including recycling and energy recovery opportunities, which
shall not include the incineration of waste tires.
2. costs of the department of economic development for the following:
(a) conducting an updated market analysis of outlets  for  waste  tire
utilization including recycling and energy recovery opportunities;
(b)  establishment  of  a  program  to  provide funds to businesses to
develop technology that leads to increased markets for waste tires;
(c) funding of demonstration projects, including, but not limited  to,
reuse in agricultural settings; and
(d) administration of requirements of this section.
3. costs of the department of transportation for the following:
(a)  funding of demonstration and other projects for road base, paving
and other civil engineering uses; and
(b) administration of requirements of this section.
4. costs of the New York state thruway authority for the following:
(a) funding of demonstration and other projects for road base,  paving
and other civil engineering uses; and
(b) administration of requirements of this section.
5.  costs  of  the  New  York  state  energy  research and development
authority for the following:
(a) funding research projects which  will  enhance  sustainable  waste
tire recycling activities; and
(b) administration of requirements of this section.
6. costs of the department of health for the following:
(a) recommendations to protect public health;
(b) administration of requirements of this section; and
(c)  prevention  or  control  of  on-site  populations  of vectors, as
defined in subdivision ten of section 27-2301  of  this  article,  using
techniques   appropriate   for   protection  of  human  health  and  the
environment to prevent the site from being a vector breeding area.
Any funds not used for a given year shall be returned to the fund  and
be added to the total funds available for disbursement in the succeeding
year.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 20 - Postconsumer Paint Collection Program › 27-2001 - Definitions.

§ 27-2001. Definitions.
As  used  in  this title, the following terms shall have the following
  meanings:
1. "architectural paint" means  interior  and  exterior  architectural
  coatings  sold in containers of five gallons or less; provided, however,
  that  "architectural  paint"  shall  not  include  industrial,  original
  equipment or specialty coatings.
2.    "commissioner"   means   the   commissioner   of   environmental
  conservation.
3. "department" means the department of environmental conservation.
4. "environmentally sound management practices" means  procedures  for
  the  collection,  storage, transportation, reuse, recycling and disposal
  of  architectural  paint,  to  be  implemented  by   the   producer   or
  representative  organization  or  by  the  producers  or  representative
  organization's  contracted  partners  to  ensure  compliance  with   all
  applicable  federal,  state  and  local  laws  and  any  regulations and
  ordinances for the protection of human health and  the  environment  and
  these  procedures  shall  address  adequate record keeping, tracking and
  documenting of the final disposition of materials.
5. "postconsumer paint" means architectural  paint  not  used  and  no
  longer wanted by a consumer.
6.  "producer"  means a manufacturer of architectural paint who sells,
  offers for sale or distributes the architectural paint in the state.
7.  "program"  means  the  postconsumer   paint   collection   program
  established pursuant to section 27-2003 of this title.
8. "recycling" means a process by which discarded products, components
  and  by-products are transformed into new usable or marketable materials
  in a manner in which the original products may lose their identity. This
  term excludes thermal treatment or the use of postconsumer  paint  as  a
  fuel substitute or for energy production.
9.  "representative  organization" means a not-for-profit organization
  established by producers to implement the postconsumer paint  collection
  program.
10. "retailer" means a person that offers architectural paint for sale
  at retail in the state.
11. "Reuse" means the return of a product into the economic stream for
  use  in  the  same  kind  of  application  as the product was originally
  intended to be used, without a change in the product's identity.
12. "Sell" or "sale" means any transfer for consideration of title  or
  the  right  to  use,  from  a  manufacturer  or  retailer  to  a person,
  including, but not limited to,  transactions  conducted  through  retail
  sales  outlets,  catalogs,  mail,  the  telephone,  the internet, or any
  electronic means; this does not include samples, donations, and reuse.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 20 - Postconsumer Paint Collection Program › 27-2005 - Reporting Requirements.

§ 27-2005. Reporting requirements.
1.  On  or  before  October  fifteenth,  two  thousand twenty-one, and
annually thereafter, each operator of a program shall submit a report to
the commissioner that details the postconsumer paint collection  program
for  the  prior  year's  program  from July first to June thirtieth. The
report shall be posted on the department's website. The report shall  be
posted  on  the website of the producer and representative organization.
Said report shall include a copy of the independent  audit  detailed  in
paragraph (d) of this subdivision. Such annual report shall include:
(a)  a  detailed description of the methods used to collect, transport
and  process  postconsumer  paint  in  the  state  including   detailing
collection  methods made available to consumers and an evaluation of the
program's collection convenience;
(b) the overall volume of postconsumer paint collected in the state;
(c) the volume and type of postconsumer paint collected in  the  state
by  method  of disposition, including reuse, recycling and other methods
of processing or disposal;
(d) the total cost of implementing the program, as  determined  by  an
independent financial audit, as performed by an independent auditor;
(e)  samples  of  all  educational  materials provided to consumers of
architectural paint and retailers; and
(f) a detailed list of efforts undertaken and  an  evaluation  of  the
methods used to disseminate such materials including recommendations, if
any, for how the educational component of the program can be improved.
2.  The  department shall submit a report regarding the implementation
of this title in this state to the governor  and  legislature  by  April
first,  two  thousand  twenty-two  and  every  two years thereafter. The
report must include, at a minimum, an evaluation of:
(a) the architectural and postconsumer paint stream in the state;
(b) disposal, recycling and reuse rates in the state for architectural
paint;
(c)  a  discussion  of  compliance  and  enforcement  related  to  the
requirements of this title; and
(d) recommendations for any changes to this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 20 - Postconsumer Paint Collection Program › 27-2007 - Department Responsibilities.

§ 27-2007. Department responsibilities.
1. The department shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations
  including, but not limited to, standards for reuse.
2.  The  department  shall  (a)  maintain  a list of producers who are
  implementing or participating pursuant to section 27-2003 of this title,
  (b) maintain a list of each such producer's brands, and  (c)  post  such
  lists on the department's website.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 21 - Mercury-Added Consumer Products › 27-2103 - Labeling.

§ 27-2103. Labeling.
1.  Mercury-added  consumer  products sold or offered for sale in this
state by a distributor or retailer shall be labeled by the  manufacturer
thereof in accordance with the provisions of this section.
2.  Unless  alternative  labeling  is  approved  by  the  commissioner
pursuant  to  subdivision  four  of  this  section,  the   labeling   of
mercury-added consumer products shall:
(a)  clearly  and  conspicuously  inform  the consumer that mercury is
present in such product and that such product shall not be  disposed  of
or  placed  in  a  waste stream destined for disposal in mixed municipal
solid waste until  the  mercury  is  removed  and  reused,  recycled  or
otherwise  managed  to  ensure  that the mercury does not become part of
solid waste or contaminate wastewater;
(b) be conspicuous to the consumer prior to the purchase,  and  during
the installation and removal of such product;
(c)  be  affixed  to  the  product  and  be  composed  of  a  material
sufficiently durable to remain legible and so  affixed  for  the  useful
life of the product; and
(d) be printed and affixed to the product by the manufacturer thereof.
3.  Automobile  manufacturers  shall  be  deemed  to meet the labeling
requirements of this section, with respect to either original  equipment
or  service  parts, if new automobiles bear a label on the doorpost that
lists the mercury-added components that may be present in such  vehicle.
Such  label  shall,  to  the largest extent possible, be consistent with
labeling provisions of other  states.  An  automobile  manufacturer  may
apply to the commissioner for approval of an alternative to the labeling
requirement  that  would  be  at least as effective in providing presale
notification of mercury content.
4. (a)  The  commissioner  may  promulgate  rules  and/or  regulations
specifying labeling requirements, provided, however, that any such rules
and/or  regulations  shall  allow for the use of labels adopted by other
states that meet the requirements of subdivision two of this section.
(b) The commissioner shall  promulgate  rules  and/or  regulations  to
authorize   alternative   labeling,   including  package  labeling,  for
mercury-added consumer products as  defined  in  this  title  under  the
following conditions:
(i)  a  manufacturer  must  submit  a  written request for alternative
labeling  documenting  that  a  product  or  class  of  products  cannot
reasonably  be  labeled  to  comply  with  specific requirements of this
title; and
(ii) all authorizations for alternative labeling  granted  under  this
subdivision shall be valid for four years and may be renewed.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 21 - Mercury-Added Consumer Products › 27-2105 - Disposal.

§ 27-2105. Disposal.
1.   No   person   shall  knowingly  or  intentionally  dispose  of  a
  mercury-added consumer product in solid waste or  otherwise  dispose  of
  such  a  product  except  by separated delivery thereof to a solid waste
  management facility or hazardous waste management facility permitted  or
  authorized pursuant to title seven or nine of this article.
2.  No person or collector shall knowingly or intentionally dispose of
  any mercury-added consumer product by delivery to  a  resource  recovery
  facility  as  permitted  pursuant  to  title seven of this article where
  waste or hazardous waste is burned as fuel for the purpose of recovering
  usable energy.
3. No collector, solid waste management facility, or  hazardous  waste
  management  facility  shall knowingly or intentionally store, recycle or
  dispose of any mercury-added consumer product except in accordance  with
  regulations promulgated pursuant to this article.
4.  The  department,  in  consultation  with the department of health,
  shall develop and disseminate informational materials on the dangers  of
  mercury-added  consumer  products,  and the requirements of this section
  relating to  the  separation  and  disposal  of  mercury-added  consumer
  products.