Bill Text: NY S04974 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the commissioner of agriculture and markets, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental conservation, shall develop a plan to remediate and remove waste tires used in agricultural production.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S04974 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04974-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4974
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 3, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law  and  the  environmental
          conservation  law, in relation to the removal and remediation of waste
          tires
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.   Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 50 to read as follows:
     3    50. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner  of  envi-
     4  ronmental  conservation,  shall  develop  a plan to remediate and remove
     5  waste tires used in agricultural production. Such plan shall address the
     6  vector threat posed by waste tires and shall provide farmers with  tech-
     7  nical expertise and financial assistance.
     8    §  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 27-1907 of the environmental conserva-
     9  tion law, as amended by section 2 of part DD of chapter 59 of  the  laws
    10  of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    11    5.  The  department  shall  make all reasonable efforts to recover the
    12  full amount of any funds expended from the waste management and  cleanup
    13  fund  for  abatement  or  remediation  through litigation or cooperative
    14  agreements except for funds expended according to paragraph d of  subdi-
    15  vision  one of section 27-1915 of this title.  Any and all moneys recov-
    16  ered, repaid or reimbursed pursuant to this section shall  be  deposited
    17  with the comptroller and credited to such fund.
    18    §  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 27-1915 of the environmental conserva-
    19  tion law, as amended by section 5 of part DD of chapter 59 of  the  laws
    20  of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    21    1. costs of the department for the following:
    22    (a) first-year costs:
    23    (i)  enumeration and assessment of noncompliant waste tire stockpiles;
    24  and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (ii) aerial reconnaissance to locate, survey  and  characterize  sites
     2  environmentally, for remote sensing, special analysis and scanning;
     3    (b) abatement of noncompliant waste tire stockpiles; [and]
     4    (c)  administration  and enforcement of the requirements of this arti-
     5  cle, exclusive of titles thirteen and fourteen; and
     6    (d) any costs associated with the removal  and  remediation  of  waste
     7  tires  in  accordance  with  subdivision fifty of section sixteen of the
     8  agriculture and markets law.
     9    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    11  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    12  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    13  completed on or before such effective date.