New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 3 - Executive Orders (Hugh L. Carey) › Section 3.102 - Executive Order No. 102: Establishing a Panel to Review Scientific Studies and the Development of Public Policy on Problems Resulting from Hazardous Wastes

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In light of recent conflicting and confusing reports of
					 scientific findings at Love Canal, public policy decisions affecting the
					 residents of that area have been made more difficult.
In order to evaluate the validity of such reports and to
					 provide the Governor and the Legislature with guidance for proper use of
					 medical and scientific data in connection with the handling of chemically
					 contaminated areas, I, Hugh L. Carey, Governor of the State of New York, by
					 virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State
					 of New York, do hereby appoint a Panel to Review Scientific Studies and the
					 Development of Public Policy on Problems Resulting From Hazardous Wastes, and
					 request this panel to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature at
					 the earliest possible time.
In preparing its report, the panel shall:
- review and evaluate medical and scientific data and
					 studies prepared by or at the request of the State Departments of Health and
					 Environmental Conservation in connection with Love Canal, and the methodology
					 used in compiling such data and preparing such studies;
- review and evaluate medical and scientific data and
					 studies prepared by or at the request of the Federal government in connection
					 with Love Canal, with specific reference to studies relating to genetic damage
					 conducted at the request of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, and
					 the methodology used in compiling such data and preparing such studies;
- review and evaluate medical and scientific data and
					 studies relating to Love Canal compiled or prepared by any other agency, group
					 or organization;
- review available data concerning other known chemically
					 contaminated areas in the State;
- review and comment upon the proper relationship between
					 State and Federal agencies in local health emergencies such as that at Love
					 Canal;
- review and comment upon the proper use of medical and
					 scientific data in the development of public policy in the areas of
					 environmental protection and public health;
- review and comment upon the current state of scientific
					 knowledge regarding the effects of chemicals on the environment and public
					 health.
The Governor shall appoint the members of the panel and
					 shall designate a chairman. The members shall receive no salary but shall be
					 reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
					 their duties.
I hereby direct all State agencies to assist and cooperate
					 fully with the panel and to provide the panel with all available data necessary
					 to the completion of its tasks, and I urge Federal agencies and other bodies
					 who have collected data at Love Canal to cooperate fully with the panel.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: June 4, 1980