Title ENV, Environmental Conservation

§ 27-0405. New York state local resource reuse and development program.\n 1. The department shall design and actively implement a local resource\nreuse and development program which shall promote the collection,\nintermediate processing and marketing of waste materials that are n…

§ 27-0501. Definitions.\n 1. "Collection system development program" means a comprehensive\nreview of existing solid waste collection practices and the development\nof designs for efficient and cost-effective systems for the systematic\ncollection of solid waste of one or more mu…

§ 27-0503. State aid.\n 1. The commissioner may, in the name of the state, make or contract to\nmake, within the limitation of appropriations therefor, a state grant\nfor the payment to any municipality of not more than fifty percent of\nthe eligible cost of collection system dev…

§ 27-0505. Powers and duties of the commissioner.\n In administering and enforcing the provisions of this title, the\ncommissioner shall:\n 1. make an estimate of funds or appropriations for inclusion annually\nin the executive budget for state aid under this title including sect…

§ 27-0507. Powers of municipalities.\n Any municipality may:\n 1. apply to and contract with the commissioner for state aid pursuant\nto this article;\n 2. enter into contracts for consulting, engineering and other\nprofessional services for the preparation of documents in respec…

§ 27-0509. Technical assistance.\n The commissioner shall prepare and distribute to municipalities, and\nmay distribute to other persons, upon request, information relevant to\nthe source separation of solid waste. The commissioner shall provide\nconsultations to assist in the de…

§ 27-0701. Definitions.\n As used in this title:\n 1. "Solid waste" means all putrescible and non-putrescible materials\nor substances discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless\nor in excess to the owners at the time of such discard or rejection,\nexcept including …

§ 27-0703. Powers and duties of the department; solid waste management\n facilities.\n 1. To the maximum extent feasible, the department shall carry out the\nprovisions of this title so as to facilitate short and long term\nplanning for solid waste disposal, to promote cooperatio…

§ 27-0704. Land burial and disposal in the counties of Nassau and\n Suffolk; special provisions.\n 1. Definitions. As used in this section the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n a. "Clean fill" shall mean material consisting of concrete, steel,\nwood, sand, dir…

§ 27-0705. Adoption of rules and regulations; public hearings.\n A rule or regulation or any amendment or repeal thereof shall not be\nadopted until after public hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall\nbe given at least sixty days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing…

§ 27-0706. Closure requirements for certain landfills and recycling\n requirements for certain municipalities.\n 1. For the purpose of this section the term "landfill" shall have the\nsame meaning as such term is defined in subdivision twelve of section\n27-0901 of this article.\…

§ 27-0707. Permits for new solid waste management facilities.\n 1. On and after the effective date of the initial rules and\nregulations of the department promulgated pursuant to subdivision one of\nsection 27-0703, no person shall commence operation, including site\npreparation …

§ 27-0711. Local laws, ordinances and regulations.\n Any local laws, ordinances or regulations of any governing body of a\ncounty, city, town or village which are not inconsistent with this title\nor with any rule or regulation which shall be promulgated pursuant to\nthis title s…

§ 27-0712. Coverage of all vehicles, including barges transporting solid\n waste.\n 1. Legislative findings and intent. It is the purpose of this section\nto assure that solid waste management is conducted in a safe, sanitary,\nefficient and environmentally sound manner throughou…

§ 27-0715. Solid waste management technical assistance.\n 1. The department shall conduct a comprehensive program of technical\nassistance to local governments, the private sector and individuals to\nenhance their capabilities to properly plan for and implement solid\nwaste manag…

§ 27-0717. Bureau of waste reduction and recycling.\n 1. The commissioner, with the approval of the director of the division\nof the budget, shall establish within the department a bureau of waste\nreduction and recycling. Such bureau shall be a separate entity to\nassist in the …

§ 27-0719. Battery management and disposal.\n 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature to minimize\nthe risk to the environment posed by batteries, both in consumer and\nnon-consumer uses, whether rechargeable or nonrechargeable. Such risk is\nto be addressed th…

§ 27-0900. Applicability.\n It is the purpose of this title to regulate the management of\nhazardous waste (from its generation, storage, transportation, treatment\nand disposal) in this state and to do so in a manner consistent with the\nFederal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amen…

§ 27-0901. Definitions.\n When used in this title:\n 1. "Administrator" means the administrator of the federal\nenvironmental protection agency.\n 2. "Disposal" means the abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection,\ndumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any substance so that s…

§ 27-0903. Identification and listing of hazardous waste.\n 1. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations in a manner\nconsistent with the state administrative procedure act, setting forth\nthe criteria for identification and listing of hazardous wastes. Based\non these criter…

§ 27-0905. Manifest system.\n Not later than six months after the promulgation of regulations for\nhazardous wastes pursuant to paragraph one of section 27-0903 of this\ntitle, and after consultation and coordination with the commissioner of\ntransportation, the commissioner shal…

§ 27-0907. Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste.\n Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this title,\nin a manner consistent with the state administrative procedure act, the\ncommissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing standards wh…

§ 27-0908. Hazardous waste reduction plans.\n 1. When used in this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing definitions:\n a. "Acute hazardous waste" means any waste identified or listed as\nsuch in the regulations promulgated under section 27-0903 of this title.\n …

§ 27-0909. Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste.\n Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this title,\nand after consultation and coordination with the commissioner of\ntransportation, and after opportunity for public hearings, the\ncommissi…

§ 27-0910. Standards applicable to marketers of hazardous waste fuel.\n The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing standards\napplicable to any person who distributes or markets any fuel which is\nproduced from (a) facilities which produce a fuel (i) from any haza…

§ 27-0911. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous\n waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.\n 1. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste\ntreatment, storage and disposal facilities shall be those established in\ntitle seven of…

§ 27-0912. Land disposal of hazardous waste.\n 1. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations restricting\nor prohibiting the land disposal of specified hazardous wastes which are\nidentified or listed pursuant to section 27-0903 of this title. Such\nrules and regulatio…

§ 27-0913. Permits and registrations for storage, transportation,\n treatment, or disposal of hazardous wastes.\n 1. a. No person shall engage in storage, treatment, or disposal,\nincluding storage at the site of generation, of hazardous wastes without\nfirst having obtained a pe…

§ 27-0914. Unauthorized possession, disposal and dealing in hazardous\n wastes.\n 1. No person shall possess hazardous wastes without authorization.\n 2. No person shall dispose of hazardous wastes without authorization.\n 3. No person shall deal in hazardous wastes without autho…

§ 27-0915. Inspections and general reporting.\n 1. For purposes of developing or assisting in the development of any\nregulation or enforcing the provisions of this title, any person who\ngenerates, stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles\nhazardous wastes s…

§ 27-0916. Department authority for cleanups.\n 1. The department shall have authority to clean up or return to its\noriginal state any area where hazardous wastes were disposed, possessed\nor dealt in unlawfully in violation of section 27-0914 of this article.\nFor the purpose o…

§ 27-0917. Financial requirements for hazardous waste facilities.\n 1. Within eighteen months after the effective date of this section,\nthe commissioner shall promulgate regulations for hazardous waste\nfacilities identifying financial requirements to be included as\nconditions …

§ 27-0918. Closure and post-closure plans.\n 1. Owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities shall submit to\nthe department for its approval plans for the closure and post-closure\nmonitoring and maintenance of their facilities. The department may\npromulgate rules and reg…

§ 27-0919. Proprietary information.\n The department shall hold confidential any information concerning the\nchemical composition, quantity, method of treatment or disposal of\nhazardous waste or any information related thereto when shown by any\nperson that such information, if …

§ 27-0920. Reports.\n 1. Subject to the moneys available to the department for such\npurposes, the department shall submit to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on an annual\nbasis a complete and detailed report setting forth:\n (…

§ 27-0921. Short-term management.\n 1. a. The commissioner shall immediately begin preparation of a\nproposal for a short-term hazardous waste management program for the\neffective and safe disposal, treatment and storage of hazardous waste.\nSuch program shall be coordinated wit…

§ 27-0922. Prohibitions.\n The use of waste oil or used oil or other material which is\ncontaminated or mixed with any chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, or any\nother hazardous waste identified or listed according to the regulations\npromulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 of this ti…

§ 27-0923. Special assessments on hazardous wastes generated.\n 1. On and after June first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, there is\nhereby imposed upon every person who is engaged within the state in the\ngeneration of hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to this\ntitle …

§ 27-0924. Hazardous materials enforcement training program.\n 1. The department shall formulate and establish, no later than July\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-five and thereafter from time to time\nreformulate, a specialized educational program to be known as the\n"hazardous …

§ 27-0925. Local assessments on hazardous waste treatment, storage and\n disposal facilities.\n 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary,\nany city or town of this state, acting through its local legislative\nbody, is hereby authorized and empowered to a…

§ 27-0926. Use and recycling of elemental mercury and dental amalgam by\n dentists.\n 1. No dentist shall use or possess elemental mercury in the practice\nof dentistry unless such elemental mercury is contained in appropriate\npre-encapsulated capsules specifically designed for …

§ 27-1001. Legislative findings.\n The legislature hereby finds that litter composed of discarded\nbeverage containers is a growing problem of state concern and a direct\nthreat to the health and safety of the citizens of this state. Discarded\nbeverage containers create a hazard…

§ 27-1003. Definitions.\n Whenever used in this title:\n 1. "Beverage" means carbonated soft drinks, water, beer, other malt\nbeverages and a wine product as defined in subdivision thirty-six-a of\nsection three of the alcoholic beverage control law. "Malt beverages"\nmeans any b…

§ 27-1005. Refund value.\n No person shall sell or offer for sale a beverage container in this\nstate unless the deposit on such beverage container is or has been\ncollected by a registered deposit initiator and unless such container\nhas a refund value of not less than five cent…

§ 27-1007. Mandatory acceptance.\n Except as provided in section 27-1009 of this title:\n 1. (a) A dealer shall accept at his or her place of business from a\nredeemer any empty beverage containers of the design, shape, size,\ncolor, composition and brand sold or offered for sale…

§ 27-1009. Refusal of acceptance.\n 1. A dealer or operator of a redemption center may refuse to accept\nfrom a redeemer, and a deposit initiator or distributor may refuse to\naccept from a dealer or operator of a redemption center any empty\nbeverage container which does not sta…

§ 27-1011. Beverage container requirements.\n 1. a. Every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state\nshall clearly indicate by permanently marking or embossing the container\nor by printing as part of the product label the refund value of the\ncontainer and the wo…

§ 27-1012. Deposit and disposition of refund values; registration;\n reports.\n 1. Each deposit initiator shall deposit in a refund value account an\namount equal to the refund value initiated under section 27-1005 of this\ntitle which is received with respect to each beverage co…

§ 27-1013. Redemption centers.\n 1. The commissioner is hereby empowered to promulgate rules and\nregulations governing (a) the circumstances in which deposit initiators,\ndealers and distributors, individually or collectively, are required to\naccept the return of empty beverage…

§ 27-1014. Authority to promulgate rules and regulations.\n In addition to the authority of the commissioner, under sections\n27-1009 and 27-1013 of this title, the commissioner shall have the power\nto promulgate rules and regulations necessary and appropriate for the\nadministr…