Bill Text: NY A00967 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 967 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits waste transfer stations from being located near public housing projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in environmental conservation [A00967 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00967-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          967
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. KELLNER, ORTIZ, BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, RODRIGUEZ
         -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  COOK,  V. LOPEZ,  MAISEL,  MILLMAN,
         ROSENTHAL, THIELE, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         prohibiting marine solid waste transfer stations located in  proximity
         to public housing projects in certain cases
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new section 27-0721 to read as follows:
    3  S 27-0721. MARINE SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION OR FACILITIES.
    4    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR
    5  REGULATION, NEITHER THE DEPARTMENT NOR ANY LOCAL AGENCY,  DEPARTMENT  OR
    6  AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE A PERMIT, REGULATION, OR RENEW A PERMIT OR APPROVE
    7  AN APPLICATION FOR THE EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION, REACTIVATION
    8  OR  OPERATION  OF A MARINE SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION OR FACILITY IN A
    9  CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, WHERE ANY  PART  OF  SUCH
   10  STATION  OR  FACILITY  IS  TO  BE LOCATED WITHIN EIGHT HUNDRED FEET OF A
   11  HOUSING PROJECT AS THE TERM PROJECT IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN
   12  OF SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01230-01-3