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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 27 - Plastic Bag Reduction, Reuse and Recycling › 27-2709 - Department Responsibility.

§ 27-2709. Department responsibility.
1. The department shall develop educational materials to encourage the
  reduction, reuse and recycling of plastic carryout bags and film plastic
  and  shall  make  those materials available to stores required to comply
  with this article.
2. The department shall provide information regarding the availability
  of recycling facilities and companies that recycle plastic bags and film
  plastic, including the addresses and phone numbers  of  such  facilities
  and companies to stores required to comply with this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 27 - Plastic Bag Reduction, Reuse and Recycling › 27-2711 - Regulations.

§ 27-2711. Regulations.
The  department  is authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations
  necessary  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this  title   and   shall
  promulgate, and update the most recent version of, rules and regulations
  pertaining  to  the  definition of compostable as prescribed in American
  Society for Testing and Materials Standard D6400.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 27 - Plastic Bag Reduction, Reuse and Recycling › 27-2713 - Preemption.

§ 27-2713. Preemption.
Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to plastic bag and film plastic
  recycling  is  by  this  article  vested  exclusively  in the state. Any
  provision of any local law or  ordinance,  or  any  rule  or  regulation
  promulgated  thereto,  governing  the recycling of plastic bags and film
  plastic shall, upon the effective date  of  this  title,  be  preempted.
  Provided  however,  nothing in this section shall preclude a person from
  coordinating for recycling or reuse the collection of  plastic  bags  or
  film plastic.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 27*2 - Drug Management and Disposal › 27-2701*2 - Definition.

* § 27-2701. Definition.
As  used  in  this  title,  "drug"  means  any  drug,  as  defined  in
  subdivision seven of section sixty-eight hundred two  of  the  education
  law.
* NB There are 2 § 27-2701's
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 27*2 - Drug Management and Disposal › 27-2703*2 - Public Information on the Disposal of Drugs.

* § 27-2703. Public information on the disposal of drugs.
1. The department in consultation with the department of health, shall
  develop  and  implement  a  public  information  program  on  the proper
  disposal of drugs  pursuant  to  this  title.  Such  public  information
  program  shall include information on the proper storage and disposal of
  drugs, and on drug disposal sites.
2. The department, in  consultation  with  the  education  department,
  shall  establish  a  notice containing information on the proper storage
  and disposal of drugs, which shall be conspicuously displayed  in  every
  pharmacy  registered  pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight
  hundred eight of the education law and in every  other  retail  business
  authorized to sell drugs.
* NB There are 2 § 27-2703's
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 28 - Bag Waste Reduction › 27-2801 - Definitions.

§ 27-2801. Definitions.
As used in this title:
1.  "Exempt  bag"  means  a  bag:  (a)  used solely to contain or wrap
  uncooked meat, fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer  solely  to
  package  bulk  items  such  as fruits, vegetables, grains, or candy; (c)
  bags used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order;  (d)  bags
  used  solely  to  contain  a newspaper for delivery to a subscriber; (e)
  bags sold in bulk to a consumer at the point of sale;  (f)  trash  bags;
  (g)  food  storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged for sale
  to a customer; (j) plastic  carryout  bags  provided  by  a  restaurant,
  tavern  or  similar  food service establishment, as defined in the state
  sanitary code, to carryout or deliver food; or (k) bags  provided  by  a
  pharmacy to carry prescription drugs.
2.  "Plastic carryout bag" means any plastic bag, other than an exempt
  bag, that is provided to a customer by a person required to collect  tax
  to  be  used  by  the  customer  to  carry  tangible  personal property,
  regardless of whether such person required  to  collect  tax  sells  any
  tangible personal property or service to the customer, and regardless of
  whether  any  tangible  personal property or service sold is exempt from
  tax under article twenty-eight of the tax law.
3. "Paper carryout bag" means a paper bag, other than an  exempt  bag,
  that is provided to a customer by a person required to collect tax to be
  used  by the customer to carry tangible personal property, regardless of
  whether such person required to collect tax sells any tangible  personal
  property  or  service  to  the  customer,  and regardless of whether any
  tangible personal property or service sold  is  exempt  from  tax  under
  article twenty-eight of the tax law.
4.  "Reusable  bag"  means  a  bag: (a) made of cloth or other machine
  washable fabric that has handles; or (b) a durable bag with handles that
  is specifically designed and manufactured for multiple reuse.
5. "Person required to collect  tax"  means  any  vendor  of  tangible
  personal  property  subject  to  the  tax  imposed by subdivision (a) of
  section eleven hundred five of the tax law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 28 - Bag Waste Reduction › 27-2803 - Plastic Carryout Bag Ban.

§ 27-2803. Plastic carryout bag ban.
1.  No  person  required  to  collect tax shall distribute any plastic
  carryout bags to its customers unless  such  bags  are  exempt  bags  as
  defined in subdivision one of section 27-2801 of this title.
2. No person required to collect tax shall prevent a person from using
  a bag of any kind that they have brought for purposes of carrying goods.
3.  Nothing  in  this section shall be deemed to exempt the provisions
  set forth in title 27 of this article relating to at store recycling.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 28 - Bag Waste Reduction › 27-2807 - Violations.

§ 27-2807. Violations.
1.  Any  person  required to collect tax who violates any provision of
  section 27-2803 of this title shall receive a  warning  notice  for  the
  first  such  violation. A person required to collect tax shall be liable
  to the state of New York for  a  civil  penalty  of  two  hundred  fifty
  dollars  for  the  first  violation  after  receiving a warning and five
  hundred dollars for any subsequent violation in the same calendar  year.
  For   purposes  of  this  section,  each  commercial  transaction  shall
  constitute no more than one violation. A hearing or  opportunity  to  be
  heard shall be provided prior to the assessment of any civil penalty.
2.  The department, the department of agriculture and markets, and the
  attorney general are hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this
  title, and all monies collected shall be deposited to the credit of  the
  environmental   protection   fund   established   pursuant   to  section
  ninety-two-s of the state finance law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 28 - Bag Waste Reduction › 27-2809 - Preemption of Local Law.

§ 27-2809. Preemption of local law.
Jurisdiction  in  all  matters  pertaining to plastic carryout bags is
  vested exclusively in the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 29 - Mercury Thermostat Collection Act › 27-2901 - Definitions.

* § 27-2901. Definitions.
1.   "Collection   program"   means   a  system  for  the  collection,
  transportation,  recycling,  and  disposal  of  out-of-service   mercury
  thermostats  that  is  financed  and managed or provided by a thermostat
  manufacturer  individually  or  collectively   with   other   thermostat
  manufacturers in accordance with this section.
2.  "Mercury thermostat" means a product or device that uses a mercury
  switch to sense and control room temperature through communication  with
  heating,   ventilation,   or  air-conditioning  equipment  and  includes
  thermostats used to sense and control room temperature  in  residential,
  commercial,  industrial  and  other  buildings  but  does  not include a
  thermostat  used  to  sense  and  control  temperature  as  part  of   a
  manufacturing process.
3. "Out-of-service mercury thermostat" means a mercury thermostat that
  is removed, replaced or otherwise taken out of service.
4.  "Qualified  contractor"  means a person engaged in the business of
  installation,  service  or  removal   of   heating,   ventilation,   and
  air-conditioning   components   who   employs   seven  or  more  service
  technicians or installers.
5.  "Qualified  local  government  authorities"  means  any  municipal
  corporation  or  planning  unit  as  defined  in section 27-0107 of this
  article, or county departments of health.
6. "Thermostat manufacturer" means a person who owns or owned  a  name
  brand of one or more mercury thermostats sold in the state.
7.  "Thermostat  retailer" means a person who sells thermostats of any
  kind primarily to homeowners or other nonprofessionals through any  sale
  or   distribution  mechanism  including  sales  using  the  internet  or
  catalogs.
8. "Thermostat wholesaler" means  a  person  who  is  engaged  in  the
  distribution   and   wholesale   selling   of  heating,  ventilation  or
  air-conditioning components, including thermostats, to contractors,  and
  whose  total  wholesale  sales account for eighty percent or more of its
  total  sales.  A  thermostat  manufacturer  is   not,   by   virtue   of
  manufacturing, a thermostat wholesaler.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 29 - Mercury Thermostat Collection Act › 27-2905 - Thermostat Wholesaler and Retailer Requirements.

* § 27-2905. Thermostat wholesaler and retailer requirements.
No  thermostat wholesaler or thermostat retailer shall sell, offer for
  sale or distribute any thermostat for final sale unless the manufacturer
  of such thermostat is listed on the department's website, in  accordance
  with the provisions of this title.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 29 - Mercury Thermostat Collection Act › 27-2907 - Department Responsibilities.

* § 27-2907. Department responsibilities.
1.  No  later  than  June  first, two thousand fifteen, the department
shall maintain on its website information regarding the  collection  and
proper  management  of  out-of-service mercury thermostats in the state.
The information shall include the following:
(a) a description of the collection programs  established  under  this
section;
(b)   a  report  on  the  progress  towards  achieving  the  statewide
collection goals set forth in this title; and
(c) a list of all thermostat wholesalers, contractors, qualified local
government authorities, and thermostat retailers  participating  in  the
program as collection sites.
2. No later than November first, two thousand eighteen, the department
shall  submit  a  written  report  to  the  governor and the legislature
regarding the effectiveness of the collection programs established under
this section, information on the number  of  out-of-service  thermostats
collected,  how  the  out-of-service  thermostats  were  managed, and an
estimate of the number of thermostats that are available for collection.
The department shall use  this  information  to  recommend  whether  the
provisions  of  this  section  should  be extended, along with any other
statutory changes. In preparing the report, the department shall consult
with  mercury  thermostat  manufacturers,  environmental  organizations,
municipal recyclers, and other interest groups.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 29 - Mercury Thermostat Collection Act › 27-2909 - Disposal Prohibition.

* § 27-2909. Disposal prohibition.
1.  No transporter shall knowingly commingle mercury-added thermostats
with solid waste or recyclable materials.
2. No transporter shall knowingly deliver mercury-added thermostats or
knowingly cause such materials to be delivered to:
(a) an incinerator;
(b) a landfill;
(c) a transfer station; or
(d) anyone who the  transporter  knows  or  should  know  will  either
commingle  such  materials  with  other  solid  waste  or  deliver  such
materials to an incinerator or a landfill for disposal.
3. No operator of an incinerator or a landfill shall knowingly  accept
mercury-added thermostats for disposal.
4.  No  operator  of  a  transfer  station  shall  knowingly commingle
mercury-added thermostats with other solid waste or cause such materials
to be transferred to an incinerator or landfill for disposal.
5. Each landfill and transfer station shall  post,  in  a  conspicuous
location  at the facility, a sign stating that mercury-added thermostats
are not accepted at the facility.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 30 - Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging Ban › 27-3001 - Definitions.

§ 27-3001. Definitions.
For  the  purposes  of  this title, the following terms shall have the
  following meanings:
1. "Covered food service provider"  means  a  person  engaged  in  the
  business  of  selling  or  distributing  prepared  food or beverages for
  on-premise or off-premise consumption including but not limited to:  (a)
  food   service   establishments,   caterers,   temporary   food  service
  establishments, mobile food service  establishments,  and  pushcarts  as
  defined  in  the New York State Sanitary Code; (b) retail food stores as
  defined  in  article  28  of  the  agriculture  and  markets  law;   (c)
  delicatessens;  (d) grocery stores; (e) restaurants; (f) cafeterias; (g)
  coffee shops; (h) hospitals, adult care facilities, and  nursing  homes;
  and (i) elementary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities.
2.   "Disposable   food  service  container"  means  a  bowl,  carton,
  clamshell, cup, lid, plate, tray, or any other product that is  designed
  or  used  for  the  temporary storage or transport of a prepared food or
  beverage including a container generally recognized  by  the  public  as
  being designed for single use.
3.  "Expanded  polystyrene  foam"  means  expanded foam thermoplastics
  utilizing a styrene monomer and processed by any number  of  techniques.
  Such term shall not include rigid polystyrene.
4.  "Manufacturer"  means  every  person,  firm  or  corporation  that
  produces or imports polystyrene  loose  fill  packaging  that  is  sold,
  offered for sale, or distributed in the state.
5.  "Polystyrene  loose fill packaging" means a void-filling packaging
  product made of expanded polystyrene foam that is used  as  a  packaging
  fill, commonly referred to as packing peanuts.
6.  "Prepared  food" means food or beverages that are cooked, chopped,
  sliced, mixed, brewed, frozen, heated, squeezed, combined  or  otherwise
  prepared  on  the  premises  of  a  covered  food  service  provider for
  immediate consumption and require no further preparation to be consumed.
  Prepared food includes but is not limited to ready to eat takeout  foods
  and beverages.
7.  "Rigid  polystyrene"  means  plastic  packaging  made  from rigid,
  polystyrene resin that has not been expanded, extruded, or foamed.
8. "Store" means a retail or  wholesale  establishment  other  than  a
  covered food service provider.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 30 - Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging Ban › 27-3003 - Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging Ban.

§ 27-3003. Expanded  polystyrene  foam  container  and polystyrene loose
fill packaging ban.
1. (a) Beginning January first, two thousand  twenty-two,  no  covered
food service provider or store shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute
disposable  food  service  containers  that contain expanded polystyrene
foam in the state.
(b) Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-two, no  manufacturer
or  store  shall  sell,  offer for sale, or distribute polystyrene loose
fill packaging in the state.
2. The department is authorized to promulgate any other such rules and
regulations as it shall deem necessary to implement  the  provisions  of
this  title  including  criteria  related to what constitutes comparable
costs pursuant to subdivision two of section 27-3005 of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 30 - Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging Ban › 27-3005 - Exemptions and Waivers.

§ 27-3005. Exemptions and waivers.
1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, this title shall
not apply to:
(a)  Prepackaged  food  filled or sealed prior to receipt at a covered
food service provider; or
(b) Raw meat, pork, seafood, poultry or fish sold for the  purpose  of
cooking or preparing off-premises by the customer.
2.  Any  facility,  regardless of its income, including soup kitchens,
food pantries and  places  of  worship,  operated  by  a  not-for-profit
corporation  or  by  a  federal,  state, or local government agency that
provides food to needy individuals at no  or  nominal  charge,  and  any
covered  food  service provider having an annual gross income under five
hundred thousand dollars per location as stated on the income tax filing
for the most recent tax year and that: (a) does not operate ten or  more
locations  within  the  state;  and  (b)  is  not operated pursuant to a
franchise agreement may request from the department,  in  a  manner  and
form  established  by the department, a financial hardship waiver of the
requirements of section 27-3003 of this title. Such waiver  request  may
apply  to  one  or more disposable food service containers sold, offered
for sale, or distributed by any such covered food service provider.  The
department  shall  grant  a waiver if such covered food service provider
demonstrates that there is no alternative  product  of  comparable  cost
that  is not composed of expanded polystyrene foam and that the purchase
or use of an alternative  product  that  is  not  composed  of  expanded
polystyrene   foam  would  create  an  undue  financial  hardship.  Such
financial hardship waiver shall be valid for twelve months and shall  be
renewable upon application to the department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 30 - Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging Ban › 27-3007 - Preemption.

§ 27-3007. Preemption.
1.  Except  as provided in subdivisions two and three of this section,
  this title shall supersede and preempt all  local  laws,  ordinances  or
  regulations  governing  the  sale,  offer  for  sale, or distribution of
  disposable food service containers containing expanded polystyrene  foam
  and polystyrene loose fill packaging.
2.  Any  local law, ordinance or regulation of any county shall not be
  preempted  if  such  local  law,  ordinance   or   regulation   provides
  environmental protection equal to or greater than the provisions of this
  title or any rules or regulations promulgated hereunder, and such county
  files  with  the  department  a  written  declaration  of  its intent to
  administer and enforce such local law, ordinance or regulation.
3. This title shall not apply in a  city  with  a  population  of  one
  million  or more which has a local law, ordinance or regulation in place
  which restricts the sale, offer for sale, or  distribution  of  expanded
  polystyrene containers and polystyrene loose fill packaging.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 30 - Expanded Polystyrene Foam Container and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging Ban › 27-3009 - Severability.

§ 27-3009. Severability.
If  any  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  section or part of this title
  shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be  invalid,
  such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair  or invalidate the remainder
  thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
  paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the  controversy
  in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 31 - Construction and Demolition Debris › 27-3101 - Waste Tracking Documents.

§ 27-3101. Waste tracking documents.
1.  All  generators in a city with a population of one million or more
that generate construction and demolition debris, as defined in  section
71-2702  of  this chapter, shall provide waste transporters with a waste
tracking document for each construction and demolition debris  shipment,
in  a  form  prescribed  or  approved  by the department, specifying the
quantity and type of construction and demolition debris, and signed  and
dated  by  an  authorized  representative  of  the  generator and with a
certification in a  form  prescribed  by  the  department,  which  shall
contain a certification by the generator that the information therein is
true, accurate and complete.
2. All transporters of construction and demolition debris generated in
a city with a population of one million or more shall:
(a)  not  accept a shipment of debris that does not match the quantity
or type listed on the debris tracking document;
(b) have the debris tracking document signed by the receiving location
or facility upon delivery of the solid debris and provide a copy of  the
tracking document to the receiving location or facility.
3.   Failure  to  maintain  such  tracking  documents  is  a  class  A
misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 32 - Small Plastic Bottle Hospitality Personal Care Product Restrictions › 27-3201 - Definitions.

§ 27-3201. Definitions.
As used in this title:
1.  "Hotel"  means  a  building  or  portion  of  a  building which is
  regularly used and kept open as such for the lodging  of  guests.  Hotel
  includes an apartment hotel, a motel or a boarding house, whether or not
  meals are served.
2.  "Hospitality  personal care product" means a product provided by a
  hotel and intended to be applied to or used on the  human  body  or  any
  part  thereof  for cleansing, conditioning, or moisturizing. Hospitality
  personal  care  product  includes,  but  is  not  limited  to,  shampoo,
  conditioner, lotion, and liquid soap.
3.  "Small  plastic bottle" means a plastic container with less than a
  twelve ounce capacity that is intended to be  non-reusable  by  the  end
  user.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 32 - Small Plastic Bottle Hospitality Personal Care Product Restrictions › 27-3203 - Small Plastic Bottle Hospitality Personal Care Products.

§ 27-3203. Small plastic bottle hospitality personal care products.
Effective  January first, two thousand twenty-five for all hotels with
  fifty rooms or more and January first, two thousand twenty-six  for  all
  hotels  with  less than fifty rooms, a hotel shall not provide any small
  plastic bottle containing a hospitality personal care product.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 32 - Small Plastic Bottle Hospitality Personal Care Product Restrictions › 27-3205 - Violations.

§ 27-3205. Violations.
1.  A  hotel  that  violates a provision of this title shall receive a
  warning notice for the  first  such  violation,  detailing  the  hotel's
  requirement  to  correct  the violation within thirty days from the date
  the notice is sent. A hotel shall be liable to the  state  for  a  civil
  penalty  of  two  hundred  fifty  dollars  for the first violation after
  receiving a warning and failing to correct the violation  within  thirty
  days  and  five hundred dollars for any subsequent violation in the same
  calendar year. A hearing or opportunity to be heard  shall  be  provided
  prior to the assessment of any civil penalty.
2.  The  department  is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of
  this title and all monies collected shall be deposited to the credit  of
  the  environmental  protection  fund  established  pursuant  to  section
  ninety-two-s of the state finance law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 32 - Small Plastic Bottle Hospitality Personal Care Product Restrictions › 27-3207 - Preemption of Local Law.

§ 27-3207. Preemption of local law.
Jurisdiction   in  all  matters  pertaining  to  restrictions  on  the
  provision of small plastic bottle hospitality personal care products  is
  vested exclusively in the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program › 27-3307 - Retailer Requirements.

* § 27-3307. Retailer requirements.
1. Beginning July first, two thousand twenty-six, no retailer may sell
  or offer for sale carpet in the state unless the producer of such carpet
  is  participating in a carpet collection program. A retailer shall be in
  compliance with this section if, on the date the carpet was offered  for
  sale, the producer is listed on the department's website as implementing
  or participating in an approved program or if the carpet brand is listed
  on the department's website as being included in the program.
2. Any retailer may participate, on a voluntary basis, as a designated
  collection   site  pursuant  to  a  carpet  collection  program  and  in
  accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program › 27-3309 - Department Responsibilities.

* § 27-3309. Department responsibilities.
1.  The  department  shall  (a)  maintain  a list of producers who are
implementing or participating pursuant to section 27-3303 of this title,
(b) maintain a list of each such producer's brands, and  (c)  post  such
lists on the department's website.
2. Beginning July first, two thousand twenty-six, the department shall
post  on  its website the location of all collection sites identified to
the department by the producer in its plans and annual reports.
3. The department  shall  post  on  its  website  each  producer  plan
approved by the department.
4.  Within  ninety  days  after  receipt  of  a  proposed plan or plan
amendment, the department shall approve or reject the plan or  the  plan
amendment.  If  the  plan  or plan amendment is approved, the department
shall notify the producer or representative organization in writing.  If
the  department rejects the plan or plan amendment, the department shall
notify the producer or representative organization  in  writing  stating
the  reason  for  rejecting  the  plan  or plan amendment. A producer or
representative organization  whose  plan  is  rejected  shall  submit  a
revised  plan to the department within thirty days of receiving a notice
of rejection. If the department rejects  the  subsequent  proposal,  the
producer or producers at issue shall be out of compliance and subject to
enforcement provisions.
5.  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-seven  and every two years thereafter. The
report shall include, at a minimum, an evaluation of:
(a) the stream of carpet in the state;
(b) disposal, recycling and reuse rates in the state for carpet;
(c)  a  discussion  of  compliance  and  enforcement  related  to  the
requirements of this title; and
(d) recommendations for any changes to this title.
6.  Starting  four  years after the plan is approved by the department
pursuant to this section, the  department  shall  impose  a  penalty  of
twenty-five   cents  per  pound  to  be  assessed  on  the  producer  or
representative organization for  the  number  of  additional  pounds  of
carpet  that  would  have  needed  to be recycled through the program to
achieve the performance goals  specified  in  the  approved  stewardship
plan.  All  penalties  collected  pursuant to this section shall be paid
over to the commissioner for deposit  to  the  environmental  protection
fund  established  pursuant to section ninety-two-s of the state finance
law.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program › 27-3311 - Carpet Stewardship Advisory Board.

* § 27-3311. Carpet stewardship advisory board.
1.  There  is  hereby  established  within  the  department the carpet
stewardship advisory board to make recommendations to  the  commissioner
regarding producer plans required by this title.
2.  The  board  shall  be  composed  of  thirteen voting members. Such
members shall include:
(a) one representative of carpet producers;
(b) two representatives of carpet retailers;
(c) one representative of carpet recyclers;
(d) two representatives of carpet collectors;
(e) one representative of a company that utilizes discarded carpet  to
manufacture a new product;
(f) one representative of a carpet installer association;
(g) one representative from a statewide environmental organization;
(h) one representative from a statewide waste disposal association;
(i) one representative from the New York product stewardship council;
(j) one representative from a consumer organization; and
(k) one representative from a statewide recycling organization.
3. The members shall be appointed as follows:
(a)  two  members  to  be  appointed by the temporary president of the
senate;
(b) two members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
(c) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
(d) one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
and
(e) seven members to be appointed by the executive.
4. Such appointments shall be made no later  than  the  first  day  of
January following the date on which this title takes effect. The members
shall  designate  a chair from among the members by majority vote. Board
members shall receive no compensation but shall  be  entitled  to  their
necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their board
duties.
5. The board shall meet at least biannually by call of the chair.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program › 27-3313 - Labeling and Design Requirements.

* § 27-3313. Labeling and design requirements.
1.  On and after one year after the plan is approved by the department
pursuant to section 27-3309 of this title, carpet sold  or  offered  for
sale  in  the  state  shall  be accompanied by the following identifying
information:
(a) Name of the producer and contact information; and
(b) Carpet material, composition, and type of construction.
2. On and after December thirty-first,  two  thousand  twenty-six,  no
carpet sold or offered for sale in the state shall contain or be treated
with PFAS substances for any purpose.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program › 27-3315 - Post-Consumer Content Requirements.

* § 27-3315. Post-consumer content requirements.
All  carpet sold in the state shall be manufactured with the following
  minimum amounts from post-consumer sources:
1. within one year after  the  plan  is  approved  by  the  department
  pursuant  to  section  27-3309  of  this title, a minimum of ten percent
  post-consumer content;
2.  within  four  years  thereafter,  a  minimum  of  twenty   percent
  post-consumer content; and
3.  five  years  thereafter, a minimum of thirty percent post-consumer
  content.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program › 27-3317 - Penalties.

* § 27-3317. Penalties.
Any  producer,  representative  organization, or retailer who violates
  any provision of or fails to perform any duty imposed pursuant  to  this
  title  shall  be  liable  for a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred
  dollars for each violation and an additional penalty of  not  more  than
  five hundred dollars for each day during which such violation continues.
  Civil  penalties  shall be assessed by the department after a hearing or
  opportunity to be heard pursuant to the provisions of section 71-1709 of
  this chapter.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program › 27-3319 - Rules and Regulations.

* § 27-3319. Rules and regulations.
The  department  is authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations
  necessary to implement this title.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 28 - Pollution Prevention › 28-0101 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 28-0101. Declaration of policy.
It  is  declared  to be the policy of the state of New York to promote
  affordable and cost effective methods  to  reduce  energy  and  resource
  consumption  and reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous substances and
  the generation of such substances, pollution or waste at the  source  in
  order  to  conserve,  improve  and  protect  New  York's environment and
  natural resources;  enhance  the  health,  safety  and  welfare  of  its
  citizens;   and  increase  the  economic  competitiveness  of  New  York
  businesses.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 28 - Pollution Prevention › 28-0103 - Declaration of Purpose.

§ 28-0103. Declaration of purpose.
It is the purpose of this article to:
1.  promote  pollution  prevention as a means for preventing the risks
  associated  with  the  use  and  production  of  hazardous   substances,
  including risks to public health and the environment;
2.  promote  pollution  prevention  as a means for reducing energy and
  resource consumption, and reducing  or  eliminating  the  generation  of
  hazardous substances, pollution and waste;
3.  promote implementation of affordable and cost effective methods of
  achieving pollution prevention as means of sustaining  and  safeguarding
  the  competitive  advantage of New York businesses, large and small, and
  advancing innovation in the reduction of energy and resource consumption
  and the reduction or elimination of hazardous substances, pollution  and
  waste;
4. promote voluntary implementation of pollution prevention as a means
  for  meeting  the requirements of state or federal environmental laws or
  regulations; and
5. promote coordination and cooperation between all federal, state and
  local agencies and private organizations administering programs  related
  to  pollution  prevention, energy consumption, resource consumption, the
  use and generation of hazardous substances, or the generation  of  waste
  or pollution.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 28 - Pollution Prevention › 28-0105 - Definitions.

§ 28-0105. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall mean:
1.  "Hazardous  substance"  shall  mean  any  substance  listed  as  a
  substance hazardous to public  health,  safety  or  the  environment  in
  regulations promulgated pursuant to article 37 of this chapter.
2.  "Local  agency"  shall  mean  any  local  agency, board, district,
  commission or governing body,  including  any  city,  county,  or  other
  political subdivision of the state.
3.  "Pollution  prevention"  shall mean changes in production methods,
  work practices, raw materials or the provision of services  that  reduce
  energy  or  resource consumption, or that reduce, avoid or eliminate the
  use of hazardous  substances  or  the  generation  of  such  substances,
  pollutants  or  waste  per unit of product or service provided, so as to
  reduce risks to public health or the environment, without shifting risks
  between individuals or environmental media. Such term shall include  the
  redesign, modification, upgrade or replacement of processes, procedures,
  equipment   or   technology;  reformulation  or  redesign  of  products,
  substitution of inputs or raw materials; improvements  in  housekeeping,
  maintenance, training or inventory control; and extended use or reuse of
  materials   through  methods  integral  to  the  production  process  or
  provision of service, such as in-process,  closed-loop  recycling.  Such
  term shall not include incineration, energy recovery from the combustion
  of  waste,  transfer  from one medium of release or discharge to another
  medium, off-site or out-of-production recycling, end-of-pipe  treatment,
  or  any  practice  which  alters  the  physical,  chemical or biological
  characteristics or volume of a hazardous substance, pollutant  or  solid
  waste  through a process or activity which itself is not integral to and
  necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service.
4.  "Pollutant"  shall  mean  any  substance,  contaminant,  waste  or
  emission which contributes to pollution.
5.  "Solid  waste" shall mean a solid waste as such term is defined by
  subdivision 1 of section 27-0701 of this chapter.
6. "State agency" shall mean  any  state  department,  agency,  board,
  public benefit corporation, public authority or commission.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 28 - Pollution Prevention › 28-0111 - Pollution Prevention and Environmental Compliance Coordinating Council.

§ 28-0111. Pollution    prevention    and    environmental    compliance
coordinating council.
1.  There  is  hereby   established   a   pollution   prevention   and
  environmental compliance coordinating council which shall:
a.   provide  guidance  to  the  department  on  the  development  and
  implementation of pollution prevention  programs,  including  the  small
  business  pollution  prevention  and environmental compliance assistance
  program and the identification of alternative compliance approaches that
  incorporate pollution prevention;
b. coordinate the activities  of  the  department,  the  environmental
  facilities  corporation, the department of economic development, the New
  York state energy research and development authority and  the  New  York
  foundation  for  science, technology and innovation to promote pollution
  prevention and environmental compliance;
c.  make  periodic  reports  to  the  governor  and  the   legislature
  concerning the effectiveness of pollution prevention programs, including
  the adequacy of funding available, and difficulties encountered; and
d.  make  recommendations  for  the development of programs to further
  promote pollution prevention  and  assist  small  businesses,  including
  technical and financial assistance programs.
2.  The pollution prevention and environmental compliance coordinating
  council  shall  include  the  commissioner,   the   president   of   the
  environmental  facilities  corporation,  the  commissioner  of  economic
  development, the chairperson of the New York state energy  research  and
  development  authority,  and  the  executive  director  of  the New York
  foundation for science, technology and innovation; or  their  designees.
  The   council   shall   consult   with  representatives  of  businesses;
  organizations  whose  prime  function  is   the   enhancement   of   the
  environmental  quality  of  the  state;  municipalities,  not-for-profit
  organizations and private contractors which provide pollution prevention
  and compliance  assistance;  and  any  other  parties  the  coordinating
  council deems appropriate.
3.  The  coordinating  council shall meet at least quarterly and shall
  designate one of its members to serve as  chairperson  and  one  of  its
  members  to  serve as secretary for the development and dissemination of
  reports and advisory opinions. For the first year of its existence,  the
  coordinating  council  shall  designate  the  commissioner or his or her
  designee to serve as chairperson.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 28 - Pollution Prevention › 28-0112 - Pollution Prevention Institute Program.

§ 28-0112. Pollution prevention institute program.
1. There is hereby established the New York state pollution prevention
  institute  program.  The  "pollution prevention institute" shall mean an
  institute whose mission is to promote one or more  of  the  purposes  of
  section   28-0103   of   this  article  through  research,  development,
  technology  demonstration,  technology  transfer,  education,  outreach,
  recognition  and  training  programs  in  a  manner  consistent with the
  definition of pollution  prevention  and  the  principles  of  pollution
  prevention  established  by  this  article, including but not limited to
  green chemistry and reuse and remanufacturing.
2. The commissioner is hereby directed  to  award,  on  a  competitive
  basis,   within   amounts  appropriated,  after  consultation  with  the
  pollution prevention and environmental compliance coordinating  council,
  state  assistance  payments  to  one  public  or  private  university or
  non-profit institution, or more as part of a consortium,  to  establish,
  operate  and maintain a pollution prevention institute in New York state
  consistent with the principles established by this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 28 - Pollution Prevention › 28-0113 - Pollution Prevention Program Evaluation.

§ 28-0113. Pollution prevention program evaluation.
Within thirty-six months after the effective date of this article, the
  department  shall,  in  coordination  with  the environmental facilities
  corporation and the department  of  economic  development,  prepare  and
  submit  to  the  governor  and  the  legislature a report evaluating the
  programs proposed, adopted or implemented pursuant to this article.  The
  evaluation shall include:
1.  an  identification  of  the specific measures taken to develop and
  implement such programs;
2. an evaluation of the resources available to implement such programs
  and whether those resources are sufficient; and
3. an analysis of the adequacy  of  measures  taken  to  assist  small
  businesses  in  achieving  pollution  prevention and complying with this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 29 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities › Title 1 - Siting › 29-0101 - Definitions.

§ 29-0101. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article:
1. "Low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that:
a.  is  not  high-level  radioactive  waste,  transuranic waste, spent
  nuclear fuel, or the tailings or wastes produced by  the  extraction  or
  concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for
  its source material content; and
b.  the  United  States nuclear regulatory commission, consistent with
  federal law and in accordance with  paragraph  a  of  this  subdivision,
  classifies as low-level radioactive waste.
2.   "Low-level   radioactive   waste   management  facilities"  means
  facilities authorized pursuant to section eighteen hundred  fifty-four-c
  of  the  public  authorities  law  for  permanent  disposal of low-level
  radioactive waste  and  any  associated  facilities  for  treatment  and
  handling  of  such  waste, including, but not limited, to facilities for
  purposes of stabilization, volume reduction, or protection of health and
  safety of workers or members of the public from  potential  exposure  to
  hazards.
3.  "Permanent  disposal facilities" means low-level radioactive waste
  management facilities for permanent disposal  of  low-level  radioactive
  waste  generated  within  the  state  of New York, other than such waste
  which is a federal responsibility pursuant to the provisions of  federal
  law  pertaining  to  state  and federal responsibilities for disposal of
  low-level radioactive waste.
4. "Shallow land burial" means emplacement  of  low-level  radioactive
  waste  in  or within the upper thirty meters of the surface of the earth
  in trenches, holes, or other excavations in  which  only  soil  provides
  structural  integrity,  a  barrier to migration of low-level radioactive
  waste from or subsurface water into such excavation,  or  a  barrier  to
  entry  of  surface water to such excavation or in a manner that fails to
  allow during the institutional control period for monitoring and control
  of releases of radioactivity.
5. "State agency" means any  office,  department,  board,  commission,
  bureau,   division,   council,   authority,   corporation,   agency,  or
  instrumentality of the state.
6. "Commission" means the commission for siting low-level  radioactive
  waste  disposal  facilities  created pursuant to section 29-0301 of this
  article.